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JAGOBINICAL TIMES. 



*' And be tbfcfe juggling fiends no more believ'd^ 
That palter with us in a donble fenfe ; 
That keep the word of promife in our ear, 
Aud break it to our hope."-** — — — 

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x\mONG the various caufes which maybeaflign- 
ed for the extraordinary corruption of the human race, 
one of the moft powerful has, perhaps, in all ages, 
been the perverfion of language. Did Vice ftalk 
abroad unveiled in her native deformity, few, whofe 
minds were not under the immediate influence of lomc 
impetuous paffion, would have fufficient boldnefs to 
meet the terrors of her afpeft ; few could refolve to 
incur the infamy which would inevitably cover thofe 
who appeared in her train. To fuch, therefore, as 
would feize the fatal pleafures which flie boafts her 
power to offer, no expedient can occur by which they 
may more elFeftually evade the reproaches of their own 
confciences, and the juft cenfure of the world, than 
to invent a new vocabulary ; to call evil ^oo^, and good 
tvil I and when, by the ufe of thefe falfe terms, they 
have impofed falfe ideas on the credulity of an incon- 
liderate multitude, they find it eafy to feduce into a 
participation in their crimes, many a heart, in which 
had virtue been fupported by principle, it would have 
3;efifted every a(fault. 

But, how extenfive foever were the mifchiefs which 
in former days proceeded from this fource, it might 
have been hoped that time would long fince have 
brought fome remedy for the evil. It was eafy to de- 
ceive men whofe faculties were buried in that credu- 
lous ignorance which chara6lerized the darker ages; 
but now, — ^when civilization has rouzed us from our 
favage ftate, and when the glorious light of the Gofpel 
of Truth has fpread the beams of the pureft moraliiy 
over our favoured hemifphere, — who could fuppofe it 
poflible that Falfehood fhould not only maintain, but 
extend her empire ? Unhappily, as our means of obtain-, 
ing knowledge have increafed, the fubtilty of our de- 
Clivers has increafed alfo ; and it may be doubled whe- 
ther 



5v PR E F A C E. 

ther the opinions of mankind re(pc6ling the true nature^ 
of virtue and vice, were ever ipore Ipit and confound- 
ed at any former period, than we now behold them in 
ihefe latter days, among thofe who moft confidently 
boaft the fuperior illumination of their minds. 

Our great progenitor, Adam, could affert, ofthofe^ 
objefts of the vifible creation which appeared in re- 
view before him,. 

<' I nam'd them as they pafs'd, and upderftood 

♦* Their natures :"—- miltoh*. 

but who, " of men fince born, his fons," can affirm 
that he underftands the nature of any obje6l in the mor- 
al world, if it be only known to him by the name af- 
figned toil in the fchool of Philosophism ! The 
language of Nimrod himfelf would not be lefs intelli- 
gible to our ears, than the phrafeology introduced by 
ihefe modern teachers is become to our fenfe ; and the 
Date of fociety was not more completely changed by 
the confufion of tongues^in his age, than we have alrea- 
dy feen it in our own, by that univerfol confufion of 
ideas which prevails on the continent of Europe ; 
where every fpecies of tyranny and impiety. 

I— r — " Vult libertas did rnera, vcratjue virtus," ijor.. 

In this more fortunate country, indeed, whilli 
through the proteftion of a gracious Providence, the 
valour of our fleets and armies has repelled all open, 
affailants from our fhores, maintaining us ftill in the 
poffeflion of our independence and freedom, the mach- 
inations of thofe fecret and more dangerous enemiesj 
"who have fought to undermine our religion, have been 
lefifted hitherto with equal firmnefs ; and we ftill re- 
tain unfliaken the Church and the Conftituiion, tranf- 
mitted to us by the wifdom of our anceftors. While 
other nations, therefore,, vainly pride themfelves in the 
fame they have acquired, by giving birth to thofe per- 
nicious writers, who have difTeminaied infidelity, and 
added new attraQions to vice, let it be our more digni- 
fied boaftj that, in this land^ no foe to pur holy faitK 



PREFACE.. V 

has queftioncd the authority of any of her doftrines, 
which fome champion of fuperior llrength has not arif- 
cn to defend ; that, among us, the weight of talents is 
thrown into the fcale of truth. 

Conyidion, however, will rarely reclaim the wilful 
promoters of error ; though confuted, they are not 
filenced; though repulfed, they return with redoubled 
confidence to theallkuli; and while the teachers of 
felfe morality are employing in this ifJand, to confound 
our principles, the fame arts, by which, in other Euro- 
pean kingdoms, they have lb fatally prevailed ; it be- 
comes the duty of every man, who is fenlible of the 
importance of thofe religious and political truths, which 
united form the great palladium of our State, to exert 
his utmoft efforts in refifting the attacks, and expofing 
the wiles, of our arch-enemy, Philosophism,. 

— .*' Qnanto ilk magls formas fe vertet in omnes, 

*' Tamo, nate, maglo contcnde tenacia vinqla.'* virgiLo. 

While, with the worft defigns, the name of every 
moral virtue is alTigned to its oppofjte vice, the unwa- 
ry are led into danger, even by the goodnefs of their 
own intentions. Refleftion on the arts thus ufed to im-, 
pofe on their credulity, has fuggefted the idea of the 
following pages.. Mr. [ohn Bunyah is an author fa 
generally known, that it can fcarcely be neceffary 
lo make any preliminary obfervations on the quaint al- 
legory which. is taken as the ground work of the piefent 
performance. The pilgrim Christian, was the com- 
panion of our childhood, till the refinements of modern 
education banifhed him from our nurferies. He ftill 
retains his place on the flielves of our grandmothers; 
from which high (lation may he look down with pater- 
nal regard upon the labours of this hisdefcendant, who, 
by the careful ufe of his itinerary, has accomplifhed 3; 
progrefs fimilar to his own, even in Jacobinical 



THE 

PROGRESS 

OF THE 

PILGRIM GOO D-INTEN% 

IN 

JACOBINICAL tIMES. 



AT was lately my chance to walk alone in the wil* 
dernefs of this world, where I faw many things which 
were grievous and doleful to my eyes, and where I 
heard of many more which did even make my hair to 
Hand on end ; for behold ! the earth was filled with vi- 
olence, and the number of the faithlefs ones was in- 
creafed. Now, as I mufed thereon, and was wearied 
through the length of my way ; at the laft, my eyes 
grew heavy, and I laid me down to deep ; and in my 
ileep, I dreamed; and methought I wasin a wide plain, 
where many were pafling to and fro ; and after a time 
there came towards me an old gentleman, whom, when 
I faw him, I knew to be Mr. Sagacity ; the fame who 
had formerly recounted, to one who had vifited thofc 
parts, the adventures of certain pilgrims, in their road 
from the city of Dejlrudion to the Celejlial Country : So 
when he accofted me, I was glad ; and, after the firft 
greetings were paft; I began to fpeak with him of the 
pilgrim Chriftian ; alfo of Chriftiana his wife, with her 
children and companions; and of all the dangers and 
difficulties which had encountered them in their jour- 
ney : and 1 found it feme folace to ray thoughts, which 
had been occupied with the deeds of ungodly men, to 
turn them to the remembrance of the righteous of for- 
raer days, and of the glorious rewards which had attend- 
ed fuch at the laft. 

Now 



8 The progress of the 

Now as I knew that (!^hri[lian and Chriftiana baxj 
left behind ihem four fons, and that to thofe fons alfo 
children had been bo^rn, I afked Mr. Sagacity whether 
any of their lineage were yet remaining unto this day ? 
and whether, if there were, they were mindful of the 
good example which their anceftors had fet them ? 

" The family hath rtlultiplieti exceedingly," answer- 
ed he; *'and all who have belonged to it, ever fince 
the days of Chriflian, have held ihemfelves obliged to 
fet out on the fame pilgrimage, which was fo happily 
performed by that good man : yea, iliough fome of 
them have perifhed by the way, yet there have been 
many who have accompliflied their appointed courfe, 
and who are now partakers in thofe glorious rewards 
■which are laid up for all faithful pilgrims in the Cclejlial 
City." 

" I am glad," quoth I, <« to hear of their good fuc- 
cefs ; yet it grieves me that there fhould have been any, 
among the defcendants of fuch a man as Chriftian, 
who have not walked worthy of the vocation whereun- 
to they were called." 

« Why truly," replied the old gentleman, « you 
have lefs caufe to wonder that fome fhould have for- 
iaken thd right path, than that any Ihould have kept 
on their courfe in it unfhaken ; for though, in the time 
of Chriftian, the road of the pilgrims was both difficult 
and perilous, the dangers which befet it now are much 
more numerous, and the allurements to turn afide 
from it kfs eafy to be refifted." 

"I can fcarcely thinks that polTible," anfwered I; 
** for, befides that the things which happened unta 
Chriftian muft have ferved both for enfample and for 
■warning to all fucceeding pilgrims, I imagined that all 
the moft formidable c nemies of their way had long 
fince been removed. Did not the foul fiend, Apolly- 
on, fpread his wings, when he felt the edge of Chrif- 
tian's Iword. and flee to the place from which he came ? 
Did not Mr. Valiant. for-truth defeat the robbers? 
And were not the giants Grim, Maul, and Slay-good, 
and above all, that fierce and terrible giant, the giar^t 

Defpair, 



PILGRIM GOOb^WTENT. 9 

DefpaiV, cut ofF by the hand of Mr. Great heart ? 
Truly you will not eafily perfuade me that any new foes, 
who may in Uter times have arifen to annoy the pilgrims, 
can have equal power with ihofe I have named to work, 
their final deftruftion," 

At that Mr. Sagacity fmiled, but withal he fliook his 
head. " There are many," faid he, " even among the 
pilgrims themfelves, who reafon as you do, and ac- 
cordingly fci out on their courle with much confidence ; 
but fo much the lefs as they fear the dangers which await 
them, (o much the more eafily are they brought to per- 
dition. If, however, you defire any proof of what I 
fay, you may quickly iee and judge for yourfelf : for 
lurn your eyes yonder ^''-i—and as he fpoke, he pointed 
with his hand — *' Do you perceive that young man, 
"who is croffing the plain with fuch a cheerful demean- 
or, and is fpeeding towards the wicket gate ?" 

<i Very plainly," quoth I ; " there are many whofe 
fteps tend the fam© way, but the youth in white gar- 
ments far outgoes the reft ; and as I fee, he haih alrea- 
dy fafely paffed the fiough oi Defpend^ and hath almoft 
reached the gate." 

" Keep him in your view, then, ' rejoined my com- 
panion, "andobferve what fhall befaJl him on his pil- 
grimage. He is of the family of Chriftian ; fo that, 
for the fake of his fathers, you will take the greater in- 
lereft in his adventures : and when next we meet, you 
fhall tell me whether the way has proved lefs perilous to 
him, than it did of old time to ihofe who trod it be- 
fore him. ' 

When he had thus fpoken, Mr. Sagacity took his 
leave of mc; and I, pleafed with the opportunity of 
beholding the progrcfs of a youth, with whofe coun- 
tenance and deportment I was {o greatly taken, con- 
tinued to watch him, and that with more attention than 
at firlt. 

Then I perceived that he had in his hand a book, 

like unto that which Evangelift had given to the pil- 

f\\m Chriftian; and as he walked, he fometimes read 

iherein, and fornciimes he fixed his eyes on the fliining 

B light 



iO THE PROGRESS OF THE 

light which was over the gate, towards which he bent 
his courfe. Alfo it was not long before he reached the 
gate ; and being ai it, he put forth his hand and knock- 
ed. Now I faw not that any arrows were fhot at him 
from the caftie of Beelzebub, neither did the terrible 
dog come forth to alTault him ; but the porter, who 
was named Good-will, quickly opened the gate unto 
him, and demanded of him who he was, and whence he 
came. 

" My name," anfwered the young man, " is Good- 
intent; I am of the lineage ofChriftian, being indeed 
the great-grandfonofhis firft-born Matthew, who took 
Mercy to wife : I came from the town oi Sincerity^ and 
J am on my way towards the Celejlial CityJ" 

" Then," faid Good-will, " thou comeft of a good 
parentage, and thy countenance agreeth thereto : for 
I have feen many of thy race, who have travelled this 
way before thee ; and truly thou doll much refemblc 
them. Enter freely, young man, and proceed on thy 
journey ; but walk warily, left thy further progrefs 
prove not anfwerable to thy good beginning." 

«' I have little fear," faid the young pilgrim, « that I 
fliall mifs my road." 

" Be not too confident," faid Good-will ; thou may- 
eft find it more difficult to continue in the right way 
than thou art yet aware of." 

Good-intent. ''* _But j have a map of the road, the 
fame which was ufed by Mr. Great-heart in his journey; 
and I have alfo been farther inftrufted by my father 
Precept and my mother Example, who are themfelves 
both gone to thfe Celejiial City, and would gladly have 
taken me thither with them, but that the meifenger 
who was fent to call them,forbad them to ftay for me." 

Good-will. " That map is not without its ufe ; yet 
is it of lefs value now than formerly it was, by reafon of 
the changes which of late have taken place." 

Good-intent. "Will you not tell me. Sir, what 
changes have occurred, that I may learn to avoid fuch 
dangers as I now am unprepared for ?" 

Good ■■will, "• I would gladly, young man, render 

thee 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. \\ 

thee the fervice for which thou doft petition ; but it i 
not permitted me to tell pilgrims beforehand what 
temptations are prepared for them ; for where there is 
no conteft, ther6 can he no vi6lory j and without 
viftory, there can be no reward." 

Then the young man flood mufing for a while : but 
at laft again breaking filence, " You have greatl* terri- 
fied me, Sir," faid he ; "I thought I had fufficiently 
prepared my felfagainft all the dangers I could encoun. 
ter : but if there be others in my way, which are ftill 
unknown to me, I may be enfnared when I am the 
lead aware, and may fall, never to rife again. Is 
there no counfellor to whom I may refori, in cafes of 
extreme perplexity ?" 

" Then," faid Good-will, «' thou needeft not feek 
for a counfellor, when, as I fee, thou haft the beft of 
counfellors in thine hand. Let that book be thy con- 
flant ftudy and meditation. Remember what certain 
affurances thou haft that it came to thee from Him who 
cannot lie ; remember that it contains every thing 
which is neceffary for thee to know for thy foul's 
peace. Whenever thou findeft thyfelf in any ftrair, 
read in that book, and it fhall be taught thee what it be- 
lioveth thee to do : for, though the things which are 
come upon the earth feem ftrange unto men, yet were 
they from the beginning forefeen and provided againft 
by Him, whofe eye beholdeih at one glance 9II time 
and all fpace. Since His will is not that any fliould 
perifti, His mercy will at all times uphold in His paths 
the goings of ihofe, who lincerely feek to know and 
to perform His pleafure; nor fhall any temptation be- 
fall fuch, but that with the temptation He will alfo make 
a way to efcape, that they may be able to bear it. 
Whatever may happen to thee therefore, preferve 
that book, though it be at the hazard of thy life ; for 
if once thou fuffer it to be taken from thee, thou art at 
the mercy of thy enemies ; thou wilt lofe, not the force 
only, but even the inclination, to repel their attacks; 
and ihou wilt have forfeited all claim to the protection 
of Him, whofe laws thou haft defpifed, and whofe co- 
venant thou haft caft behind thy back." Then 



12 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Then I faw in ray drcani that the young man was 
much comforted by the difcourfes of Good-will ; and, 
having thanked him for his advice, and promifed al- 
ways to bear it in his mind, he proceeded on his way; 
and as he went, he read in his book ; and after a while, 
having clofed it, and put it in his bofom, he began to 
inedit.»te on its contents. His attention, however, was 
fooji diverted; for, as he flill walked wiih a very quick 
pace, he prefently overtook a company of pilgrims, 
"who were travelling more ieifurely the fame way with 
hirofelf ; and as it chanced, he knew moft of them by 
light; for they had formerly been his neighbours, and 
indeed were of the beft q>uality in all that country. 
There were Mr. Inconfiderate, Mr. Party-fpirit, and 
Mr. Love-change; alfo Mr. Curiofity, Mr. Credulity, 
]Vlr. Hothead, Mr. Haie-coniroul, and Mr. Difcontent* 
Now Mr. Curiofity and Mr. Credulity, in particular, 
had long been known to Good'intenr, whole townfmen 
they were; and he was more glad of the meeting, be- 
caufe it was commonly reported that Mr. Credulity 
was akin to Faithful, who had fo bravely fuffered at 
Vanity Fair ; *' And " quoth he to himfelf, "if our fa- 
thers found it fo pleafani and fo profitable to go on their 
pilgrimage together, why may not Mr. Credulity and I 
be in no iefs a degree comforts to each other .?" So they 
vent on their way together : and Good-intent flacken- 
cd his pace, becaufe his new companions were unwik 
ling to walk fo faft as he did. 

So I faw in my dream that they fell into much talk 
one with the other concerning the country from which 
they came; and after that, they proceeded to fpeak of 
the way wherein they were then walking. 

Then faid Mr. Difcontent, "I like not this way; I 
find it rough and very grievous unto me. ' 

«i That which ofends me in it," faid Mr. Hate-con- 
troul, " is, that the walls on either fide are fo high as 
quite to fiiut out from us all profpe6l of the country. 
1 like to walk in an open plain, where I may turn »t 
pleafure to the right hand, or to the left ; and not to 
be confined within a. narrow path like this." 

"Before 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTfENT: 13 

« Before we have proceeded much further," faid 
Mr. Love-change, ** we may chance to find feme other 
i-oad, by which we may purfue our journey morepical. 
antly." 

" But it is dangerous," faid Good-intent, " to turn 
afide into any ilrange path ; feeing that the Lord of 
that Celejlial Country,, whither we are bound, has ^x^ 
prefsly appointed unto us this, in the which we are 
now walking, as the only pne by which we may reach 
his kingdom in fafety." 

*A It might indeed be dangerous," faid Mr. Curiofity, 
*« to proceed far in any other road; but there could 
furely be no harm in venturing a little way in one 
which might appear to us more pleafant than this ; fince 
if we faw that after a while it took any wrong direction, 
we might fo eafily turn back, and regain the path we 
had forfaken." 

" You are in the right," faid Mr. Inconfiderate. 

" For my part," faid Mr. Party-fpirif, " it is indif- 
ferent to me in what kind of road I travel, fo long as I 
can have the company of my friends." 

" It is alfo indifferent to me," faid Good-intent, 
<« whether my path be rough or fmooth ; for my 
thoughts are ib entirely fixed on that glorious placc> 
which I hope will be the end of my journey, that the 
little unevenneffes of the way can in no degree diminifli, 
the pleafure which I take in meditating on fuch a fub- 
je6l ; and as for the high walls, which offend Mr. 
i^ate-comroul, I had not, till he fpoke, fo much as 
taken notice of them; nor can I confider them as any 
hardfhip, while they do but confine me within that 
road, in the which it is my moft earneli defire lo conr. 
linue." 

" But," faid Mr. Inconfiderate, " we cannot always 
be thinking of the end of our journey ; and, provided 
we know that in the courfe of our pilgrimage we fhaH 
be fure to get there at laft, I fee no harm in feeking 
amufement^ by the way." 

** J have not hitherto found myfelf in any want of 
^mu fern ems,' faid Good intent ; "for though my 

road 



14. THE PROGRESS OF THE 

road is narrow, to me it appeal snot dull ; and befides 
the pleafant reflexions, which occupy my mind, I 
have a book wliich was given me by the good Evan- 
geiirt, and in which, when ray fpirits are wearied, it 
conftantly refrefhes ihem to read." 

*' We have all fuch books," faid Mr. Love-change; 
**but I truly have read mine till I am tired of it, and 
"would gladly read fomething new." 

^* I find in that book," faid Mr. Hate-controul, 
*' many things grievous to be borne. Wherefore fhould 
we be laden with rcftriftions, from which other men 
are free ?" 

" And from what are we reftrifted,' anfwered Good- 
intent with fome difpleafure, " but from fuch things as 
"would in this world be dangerous to us, and in the 
next deftruBive ? For my part, I find in my book no 
laws, to which, though they came not to us from fuch 
tigh authority, a wife man would not willingly fubj^ 
hirafelf ; but were our yoke as hard as it is eafy, who 
would not rejoice to bear it, that confidered either the 
illimitable power of the King we ferve, the infinite 
gratitude we owe Him for all the favours which He has 
already fo liberally conferred upon us, or the value of 
the rewards with which He has promifed hereafter to, 
crown even our iraperfe^i obedience ?" 

'• It is a great pleafure to me," iaid Mr. Credulity^ 
'• to hear you fpeak in this manner. I can alfure you 
I have always been difpofed to believe that book to be 
true ; I was taught to believe fo when I was a little 
lK>y, and I think I never fliould be comfortable out of 
that belief; though I confefs that fome things I have 
heard fince I came into this company have fomewhat 
ilaggered me. But I am glad that you aje come, to 
confirm me in my former opinions." 

'« Can they require any further confirmation," faid 
Good-intent, ^' than the excellence of the book itfelf ?" 

« As for that," replied Mr. Credulity, '' I pretend 
not to judge of it. 1 always difliked reading, and 
provided I implicitly believe all the book contains, 
why need I give myfelf the trouble to fearch what its 
conteiats may be P ' " Truly," 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, u 

" Triily," faid Good-inlenf, "you proFefs a faith 
which furpades my comprehenfion. We are command- 
ed to be able to give to every man a reafon of the hope 
that is in us, but we cannot give a reafon even to our- 
felves, if we have never examined what is the objeft of 
our hope, nor what the foundation on which it refts." 

<' I perceive that you are of the fame mind as I am,'* 
faid Mr. Curiofity. " 1 am not difpofed to take any 
thing on truft ; and as knowledge is my principal pur- 
fuit, I find great pleafure in reading a book, which 
treats of fo many rare and wonderful things. Thofc 
parts of it, therefore, which are the moft hard to be un- 
derftood, are my favourite ftudy." 

" Take heed," faid Good-intent, " that you wreft 
them not to your own deftruQion. There are fubjeSs 
which our finite underftandings cannot reach ; and, if 
we feek too prefumptuoufly to penetrate into myfteries 
which as yet are but in part revealed to us, thofe things, 
which fhould have been for our peace, may prove un- 
to us an occafion of falling." 

" I have no fears on that head," faid Mr. Curiofity; 
" I fhall therefore purfue my inquiries without fcruple; 
and if the Interpreter, to whofe houfe we muft by this 
lime be drawing near, cannot fatisfy me on certain 
points, refpeSing which I ii^ean to queflion him, I 
fhall either quit this road, and feek elfewhere for a bet- 
ter teacher, or I (hall at once conclude every doftrine 
falfe, in proportion as I find it unintelligible." 

Good'inient would have returned fome anfwer to 
this difcourfe, which in truth had much offended him ; 
but that, on afcendinga little hill, they had fuddenly a 
profpe(fl of the road before them, to a confiderabie dif, 
tance. 

"Look yonder!" faid Mr. Inconfideraie ; "See 
before us Mr. Interpreter'.s houfe." 

" How fhall we know," faid Good-intent, " which 
of thofe two manfions it is that belongs to the Interpre- 
ter?" For indeed they defcried from that place two 
houfes, whereof that to which they were then neareft 
lay a little way off the road on the left hand; but the 

other 



16 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

other was farther on upon the rijghi hand, J^nd ftbod 
clofe by the way fide. 

This laft was an old and venerable building ; but its 
walls, by reafon of their flrengih and ihicknefs^ had as 
yet lufFered none of the decays of lime. Behind it 
lay a garden, in the which were planted all fuch herbs 
as are ufeful either for food or medicine j and as many, 
even the moft profitable amongit them, bore goodly 
flowers withal, fo the whole plot of ground, being well 
laid out and filly kept, had a fair appearance. But 
the houfe on the left fide of the road was a new edifice, 
and feemed the palace of fome mighty prince ; fo coft. 
ly were its materials, and fo rare its tlruQure, It ftood 
in the midft of an extenfive pleafure ground, curioufly 
difpofed into lawns, labyrinths, and wildernefles, 
through the midft whereof did glide a dream, which, 
though narrow, was fo deep, thai I could not perceive 
that it had any bottom; moreover its courfe was fo 
crooked, that methought it refembled a ferpent in its 
manifold turnings and windings. In this pleafure 
ground I could not but obierve that there were many 
more flowers, and ihofe (hining with more gorgeous 
colours, than in the garden which belonged to the oth- 
er houfe; but I perceived not ihat any fruits grew 
there, fave fomc which refembled the fruits of the tree 
of knowledge of good and evil, which grew in ihe midll 
of ihe garden of Edai. 

Now, as I faid before, I faw that the pilgrims 
"were at a lofs to determine which of thefe two was the 
houfe at which they oughi lo feek for entertainment ; 
and as ihey walked on, ihey dilputed on the fubjefcl 
among ihemfelves. Yet they were all moll taken with 
the appearance of that on the left hand, and inclined 
to petition there for a lodging, if peradventure it might 
be afforded them. Only Good-intent obje6led, be- 
caule the building feemed fo modern; "And we 
know," faid he, '^ that the Interpreter is no new refi- 
dent in thefe parts." 

*' But we know not," faid Mr. Inconfideratc, 
<• whether he may not have built himfelf a new houfe.' 

*' What 



I^iLGRlM GOOD-INTENf. it 

*« What imports it to us in what houfe he dwells ?'* 
faid Mr. Love-change ; '« w6 are hot obliged to chufe 
him for our holt, ii we can be betifer eniettained elfe- 
where ." 

" I am determined," faid Mr. Hothead, to take Up 
riiy lodging at the houfe on the left hand. ' 

« So will I," faid Mr. Party-fpirit, « if my frifcnds 
agtee to prefer it." 

" At leaft," faid Mr. Curiofily, «' we may flep afide 
into the pleafure ground, and take a nearer view of it.'* 
And with him agreed the others of his party. 

But ftill Good-intent, who was little fatisfied with 
their converfation, doubted in his own mind whether 
it would be f<lfe to turn at all out of the high road, clofe 
by the fide of which he oblerved the fight hand hoijfe 
to be placed ; but while he debated the matter with 
himfelf, he unluckily forgot the words of the porter at 
the wicket gate, and thought not of plucking his book 
out of his bofom, to feek iherdiii for counfel. 

So as they went, they tame to a bridge, built over 
that ilream^ which tan through the pleafure grounds 
on the left fide, and which here crofied the great road ; 
and juft beyond the bridge there was a gate, through 
which was the way up to the houfe. Now the pilgrims! 
were faint and weary with their journey, and as they 
viewed the ftream, the waters thereof did fccm to of- 
fer them a pleafani refi'efhment ; fo Mr. Inconfiderate 
aind Mr. Hothead did forthwith {loop down and drink, 
and the others we're not flow to follow their Example ; 
only Good-intent doubted whether it might not be 
more expedient to forbear till he Ihould come to the 
houfe, where, by the command of the Lord of the 
way, all things that were proper for the entertainment 
of pilgrims were plentifully provided for them. But 
Mr. Curiofuy had a cupofcoftly workmanfhip, which 
pofl'clled the property of exciting third in all Who held 
it near their lipS; and, having filled it with the water, 
he prefented it to Goodititent, who had no fooner ta- 
ken it in his hand, than its hidden power overcame 
him, and he was unable to forbear drinking at one 
C draught 



l« THE PROGRESS OF THE 

draught all that it eontained; nay, he afterwards filled! 
it twiee or thrice himfelf, and drank again. 

Now I faw in ray dream, thai it ftill wanted fome 
hours of nigbt, and the fun, though a few pafSng 
clouds- did fometimes veil his brightnefs, did yet give 
fufficiem Ught to enlighten all who dwell upon the 
earih : but, aj the pilgrims drank of the water of that 
ftream, a black mift began to arife from beneath the 
ground, and to fpreadiifelf around them, and prefent- 
ly the face of the heavens was soncealed from their 
view, and they were kft in total darknefs; neither 
durft any man venture to move from the place wherein 
he flood, cither backwards or forwards, for he knew 
not where he fhould fet his foot. Then cried they all 
one to another, " What fhall we do ? ' But no man 
■was able to be a guide unto the reft. At lad they def- 
cried advancing towards them, from the houfe on the 
left hand, one who bore a torch in his hand ; fo they 
were glad when they faw him, and as he drew near, they 
made obeifance to him, and befought him that he 
■would deliver them out of the darknefs which furround^' 
ed them. 

Then the man, whofe name was Falfe-reafoning, 
told them, that for that purpofe was he come ; " For," 
faid he, « my mafter has beheld your diftrefs from the 
windows of his palace ; and as it is his efpecial office 
lo fuccour pilgrims who have lo.» iheir way in the mifl;9 
o{ Ignorance, which hereabouts are very common, be 
has fent me forth to give you light, and to guide you 
in fafety to his gates.** 

" Then," faid Mr. Credulity, "We are much behold- 
en to thy mafter ; and though before we received this 
mark of kindnefs, we differed from each other in opin- 
ion, we may all now confidently aflure ourfelves, that 
he is of a truth that good Interpreter, to whofe houfc 
we weredirefted." 

" But is he indeed the fame," faid Good-intenf, 
'** who heretofore proved fo excellent a fiiend to 
Chriftian ?" 

. '* He beareth the fame tide," faid Falfe-reafoning,. 

«« but 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. tV 

* but with much better claim to it ; for thai old gen- 
tleman, of whom you fpeak, even ia his beft days, 
could do nothing more for pilgrims than repeal to them 
a few trite fay ings, and give them a lodging ai his houfe ; 
whereas my maUer will (hew you fuch wonders, as have 
never been fcen before (ince the foundation of the 
world ; he will impart unto you fuch wifdom, as it is 
reported your fir(t parents thought it worth their while 
lo forfeit Paradift to obtain ; and he will beftow upon 
you fuch privileges, as no one but Ijiirafeif did ever 
poflefs thepoweno confer." 

*' It is well for us that we have met with fuch a 
friend," faid Mr. Inconfiderate. 

*» Let us inftanily accept his invitation," faid Mr. 
Hothead. 

'' Any thing rather than continue in this darkncfs," 
faid Mr. Difcontent. 

•' This new Interpreter will prove more ferviceablc 
to us than the old," faid Mr. Love-change. 

« There can be no doubt of that," faid Mr. Credu- 
lity. 

«* I burn with impatience," faid Mr. Curiofity, " to 
fee and to hear ihofe rare things which we are promif- 
cd at this houfe." 

" And I," faid Mr. Hate controul, '« to enjoy ihofe 
new privileges of which this man fpeaks." 

'* Gentlemen," faid Mr. Party-fpirii, « whiiherfoev- 
cr you go, I will go ; for I never defert my friends." 
♦' I pray you," faid Good-intent unto him who bore 
the torch, " is the old Interpreter yet alive ?" 

Falfc-reafoning — •" It can fcarcely be faid that he is; 
for his extreme old age hath quite benumbed his facul- 
ties, and reduced him to a itate of abfolute dotage. 
He could not indeed have been kept out of his grave 
fo long, but by the llrong cordials which have been 
adminiilered to him by a certain mountebank, named 
Prieftcraft, who finds his own advantage in ufurping 
the old gentleman's authority over the bafer fort of pil- 
grims who travel this road." 

Good-intent — '* But which is the houfe whereat Chrif- 
tian was fo hofpiiably entertained .?'' Faljc* 



?» THE PROGRESS OF THE" 

Falfi-reqfoning — " He lodged at that ol^ ruipous 
rnanfion, which ftands a liule beyond my mafter's, 
and on the oppofite fide of the road" 

Good-intent — " And pould not w^ alfo obtain a lodg- 
ing there ?" 

lalfe-reafonwg-^^^ You might probably be admitted 
to deep there, nay, and have a portion adminifiered 
unto you to rriake your fleep the founder } but you 
>vould find none of that delicious fare which my mafter 
colle6ls from every quarter of the globe for the nour- 
ifliment of fuch travellers as come unto hin^ ; of the 
excellence whereof you may fpeedily judge for your- 
felves, fince the hour of his banquet draws near." 

On hearing this, rjiofi of the pilgrims quickened their 
pace ; but Good-intent ftill hefitated ; for having been 
accullomed all his life to hear the p/aifes of the ancient 
Interpreter, be could not lightly perfuade himfelf that 
any houfe could be fitter than his was for the accommo- 
dation of pilgrims. Yet he feared to be left to wander 
alone in darknefs. Pie on^e bethought himfelf of his 
book, and plucked it out of his bofom and opened it ; 
but as he wa^ walking, though (lowly, after the reft, 
the motion of his going did render his hand unfteady to 
hold it : moreover the glare of the torch of Falfe-rea- 
foning did much dazzle his eyes. So he fatisfied himlelf 
that itAvas impoflible to read at that jun6lure,and there^ 
fore did. notperfevere in the attempt; but reclofing the 
volurne, he put it bacl^ into his bofont), and faid to 
himfelf, " If I like not my entertainment to-night, I 
can but rei'^ume mv journey in the morning, and repair 
to the houfe at which my fathers were lodged. The 
mill may be then difperfed, and I m^y be able to dil- 
cern triy way ; but at prefer^t I fhould perifji in the 
darkneir,, if I imprudently refuled to avail myfelf of 
the light which this man's torch imparts unto me.' So 
he walked on more confideriily ; and as they approach- 
ed the palace, behold it was all illuminated, and the 
lamps which were within, call forth fuch a fpleiiidor, 
ihat the pilgrims imagined the lightof 4ay reftor^d un- 
to them. 



EILGRIM GOOD. INTENT. si 

Then Mr. Cufiofity inquired of their guide, what 
were his mailer's panie and parentage. 

Falfe-reajonivg — '^ His name is Philofophy : he 
is the Ibn of Reafon and of Nature. The place of his. 
binh is not certainly known ; but it is generally believed 
that his infancy was fpent in Egypt, where he was nurf- 
ed by Fable ; and thaii he afterwards paifed his youth ire 
Greece, where ihe Sciences trained him to maturity- 
Alter that, various misfortunes befel him, and he lived, 
many years in an obfcure and tedious exile : but late- 
ly, having been invited by Learning to return into 
Europe, he has been univerfaiiy received with fucH 
honors as have amply repaid him for the unmerited 
nights which had formerly been ihewn him. There is 
one country in particula.r of which he has been appoint- 
ed fovereign law-giver; and where divine honors are 
paid to him. Yet fuch is his zeal for the general inter- 
e(t of mankind, that he does not rellridhis fet vices to 
any Cingle nation, but has built th\s palace by the fide 
of the high road, for the reception of pilgrims from all 
regions of the earth ; and, as his knowledge is univer- 
fal, he readily impa»ts to all his guefts fuch inftrnftions 
as ihey may be eiiher willing or able to receive.*' 

By this lime, they drew very near unto the palace; 
and they could hear v/ithin its walls a confufed noife, 
like the found of many voices : alfo ihey could difcerit 
through the windows large companies of people in eve- 
ry department. Then Mr, Curiofiiy alked, who all 
thofe perfons were ? 

Faljc-rtojonmg — " All whom you fee within are my 
matter's pupils, luen who, coming to lodge at his 
houfe as you do now, have been lo much taken with 
the wonders they have feen there, that they havedefir- 
ed to remain with him for a feafon, in order to have fufs 
hcient leifure to receive his inftrn^tions, and to con- 
template his works ; and how well fome of ihem have 
profited by his leHons, you will have an opportunity of 
U'dging to-morrow by your own obfervations when you 
ihall be permitted to vifit the academy." 

They now entered a fpacious and magnificent hall, 

where 



n THE PROGRESS OF THE 

where many attend«inis were in wailing to receive them ; 
and pafling thence through feveral other rooms fuperb- 
Jy decorated, they were at laft ufhcred into the ban. 
quet chamber, where they found the malter of the 
houfe lurrounded by a very numerous company of his 
guefts, who ail came forward to faluie them. From 
the account which had been given them by the way, of 
the palt life of Mr. Philofophy, the pilgrims had ex. 
pe6lcd to find him a very aged man ; they were there-, 
lore fomewhat (urprifed at iiis youthful appearance, 
which they could not but remark, although, in order 
to difguife it, he wore a Grecian mantle and a Roman 
veft. He welcomed them with extraordinary couriefy, 
and made them a long harangue, which afforded them 
occafion to admire his fluency of fpeech, and wonder- 
ful erudition ; neverthelefs, even (hofe among them 
who paid the greaieft attention to what he faid^ could 
not laKe upon themfelvcs to affirm that they clearly 
comprehended a fingle fentence of it ; but they modettr 
ly imputed this circumQance to their own incapacity,, 
rather than to any intentional obfcurity on his part ; 
and the fcaft being now brought in, they feated them, 
felves at the table, in the order appointed by their 
boft. 

It was the fortune of Good-intent to be placed be- 
tween two of the gentlemen whom they had found with 
Mr. Philofophy on their arrival, whofe names were 
Mr. Free-thought and Mr. Flaufible ; and their conver- 
fation pleafed him fo well, that he began to 6nd him. 
felf in better fpirits, than he had ever been fince he had 
firfl confented to turn afide out of tiie great road. But, 
while he was talking with them, he chanced to cafl his 
eyes on a company of men wha fat apart form the reft ; 
be could not fee their faces ; for they were all muffled 
up in thick cloaks, and wore caps of ^ grotefque fh.ape, 
pulled down over their eyes ; but there was. Ibmething 
in their appearance which infpired him with an invol- 
untary terror; and he could not refrain from inquir- 
ing of his two companions who ihofe men were. 

'* They aie not worth your attention," faid Mr, 

Piaufibic; 



"uiLii 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 25 

Plaufiblc ; " they are fome of the valTals of the lord of 
this palace, and never a€l but by his order," 

" But wherefore are they armed ?" faid Good-intent 
for he perceived that they all wore daggers in their 
girdles* 

»« It is no more than neceflary," replied Mr. Plaufi, 
ble ; " for you muft know that Mr. Philofophy, though 
a friend and well-wifher to all mankind, is yet fo unfor- 
tunate as to have many enemies, of whom the princi- 
pal are tWo fierce giants, named Superftition and Def- 
potifm. By tbefe, and by their fubje6ls and allies, he 
is frequently affaulted ; and being himfelf of a difpo- 
fifion averfe from warfare, he is obliged, for the fake 
of his own fecurity, to keep in his fervice certain arm- 
ed men, who may be ready, in cafe of any fudden af, 
fault, to defend him and his property from violence,*' 
« From what my friend has been faying," interpof- 
cd Free-thought, " you may perceive, Mr. Good-in- 
tcntjhow rightly you have addrefled yourfelf in coming 
to this houfe ; for you cannot be ignorant of the ma* 
ny injuries which your own kinsfolk have fuftained 
from ihofe who are now the enemies of Mr. Philofo- 
phy. You will not, therefore, affuredly refufe to 
unite with us, as in one common caufe, and affift us to 
exterminate both Defpotifm and Superftition, with all 
theminiftersof their violence, from the earth." 

Good-intent, indeed, recollefted, that before he had 
fet out from his own country, he had heard many in- 
fiances of the cruelty and irjuftice of ihole two giants ; 
but as he had underftood that for many years paft they 
had been relirained from making any inroads into the 
regions through which the way of the pilgrims lay, he 
was uncertain how far it might be expedient for him 
to quit that way, in order to make war on them in any 
dillant country. However, as it was then late, he 
would not enter into a full difcufTion of the fubjc6t, 
but told Mr. Free thought that he would talk further 
with him in the morning ; and prefently afterwards the 
whole company retired to reft. 

Good-intent, being tired with his journey, foon fell 

aOeep ; 



2« • THE PROGRESS OF THIi: 

afleep; arid tliougb I never heard him relate his dreartls, 
I could perceive that they were very delightful unto 
him; for fomeiimes he (miled in his Oeep, and fome- 
times I heard him exclaim^ " The golden age reftore d ! 
The reign of Reafon / Univerfal peace, and freedom 
tincontrolled I ' Now wheb it was morning, he awoke, 
ro(e from his bed, and aittired hinrifelf,- and taking his 
book from the table on which he had laid it ihe night 
before* he was going, according to his ufual cuftom^ 
to read a certain portion of it before he quitted his 
chamber ; but one named Impatience, came to call 
him to attend Mr. Philofophy, who was ready to fhew 
the pilgrims his fignificant rooms; fo he put the book 
unopened into his bofom, and went hallily down to 
the houfe. 

Now when all thofe who had arrived at the palace 
the night before, were met together, Mr. Philofophy 
came forth unio them ; and fiift he had them into his 
academy, where all his pupils were bufied in their fev- 
cral ftudies and occupations ; but their labours appear- 
ed fo unlike thofe of other men, that the pilgrims were 
filled with wonder, and could not help aflving fome 
t^ueliions of their conductor, who readily undertook 
lo anlwer their inquiries. 

*' i'rom the extraordinary works which are perform- 
ed by my pupils," faid he, " you may beft learn io 
■what eftiniaiion to hold the inllruBions which they 
have received from me. Do you fee him who is ar- 
ranging, in fnchexrft order, his heaps of Uones and coc- 
kle ihells? I have taught him to decypher charafters 
unintelligible to vulgar eves ; To that he is able to read 
on every fofhl the true date of the time at which it was 
firll depofiied in the bed of earth from which he dug 
it; by which means he ran now let at defiance all oth- 
er chronologies and hiftorians, ancient and m<'dern, 
and add in one moment myriads of unconmed ages to 
the antiquity of the world which we inhabit. Not far 
from hnn, you may perceive, on a table, a globe of 
olafs. It is a fmall fragmenf of the fun, lately Rruck 
off by the tail of a comet. As foon as I faw that, by 

its 



y-^tibai. 



tILGRIM GOBD-INTENT. 23 

its rotatory motion, it had obtained a fpherical figure, 
I feized it, and gave it to him, whom you may fee fo 
intently watching it. In about forty thoufand years, 
by which time it will be properly cooled, he will have 
the faiisfaftion of feeing it covered with herbage and 
•with trees; foon afcerwards all kinds of animals will 
fpontaneoufly fpt"ing from it; and laftly, it will bring 
forth men, who of courfe will reafon and converfe as 
we do. He who fits next, is employed in changing 
flowers into butterflies; which he effefts by infufing 
into their component pans a defire of loco motion. 
You may fee a proje8or of a lower orderj who is 
filling bladders with air for the purpofe of flying; and 
another, who is bufied in the conflruftion of a boar, 
in which he propofes to fail at the bottom of the fee* 
But a little farther on fits my favourite fcholar, who is 
occupied in preparing the elixir oi Human PerfeHibility ; 
of which, if a rtian talte, be fhall forthwith become in- 
capable of feeling the decays of age and ficknefs ; and 
ceafingto eat, drink, or fleep, he fball fpend his time 
chiefly in leaping or dancing; till, by the virtue of 
this medicine, death fhall be totally banifhed from the 
world, and ihe human race continuing daily to in- 
creafe, and fullaining no diminution, fhall cover the 
whole furfaceof the earth, and the want of local room 
fhall, to each happy individual, preclude the power of 
motion." 

Now I faw in my dream, that adonifliment and ad- 
miration at thefe wonderful things, deprived the whole 
company of pilgrims of all pofTibility of utterance, and 
induced them to regard Mr. Philofophy with ten fold 
veneration : «• For," thought they, " if thefe be the 
works of the fcholars, what may not the power of the 
mailer achieve ?" 

So he went on with this difcourfe to them, and he 
faid, «' There are nany others among my pupils, 
whofe employments are no lei's worthy of your attention 
than what you already have beheld; and if you are 
v'illjng. you may all become partakers in the benefits 
which thev derive from my inltruttion. But firfl I 

D mult 



THE PP.OGftESS or Tftt 

muft fiicw yon oiher fighw, tyhith will be profisaMc ct?- 
to you, and from which you raay learn to forma trtit 
elUmate of ihe v*lue of all the things which are to be 
met with in this world." 

Then he led then? away to a room, in which there 
was a window that looked out upon a wide cotnrryo:^ j 
and there appeared on the comrHon a- large compan'/ 
of naked men. 

" Who ate ihofe men ?" faid iMr. Coriofi^y. 
'* They arc brethren," anfwered Mr. Philofophy ; 
«• wateh, and fee what fliall be done unto them." 

So they looked, and behold one (tame unto them ; 
and to fome of them be gave purple garments and 
crowns of gold? and to others^ changes of raiment and 
fine linen ; but the greater part he clothed in rags, and 
putting fpadcs and pick axes into theirhand^,he compel- 
led them to dig precious ore and jewels oufof the eartiv 
and to give them unto thofe who ftood by^ idle, while 
for tliemfclves they found but a few roots whereon to 
feed, as a rccompenfc for their fore labour. 

Then faid all thepilgiims, " What meaneth tbij?' 
And Mr. Philofophy anfwered them, " You fai^fi* 
ihai at nril the men were all alike, none of them was 
greater, and none lefs than his fellows; till he whom 
you faw come unto them, whofe name was SociaU 
order, did lirR make a difference 'between them. And 
you have be.held how unjuUly he has dealt with them j 
how he has exalted a few, and given unto them power 
io trample on the nnany. Such are the abufes which^ 
through him have been introduced into the world. But 
follow tre to another place, and you fliall fee greater 
evils than thefe." 

Then Mr. EHfconient groaned ; but they all follow- 
ed their conduBor, who brought them where tliere 
was a view of a black and gloomy tower. The nar- 
row crevices, v/hich fcrved inllead of windows, were 
giated over; hut he bade them look between the bars, 
aud they deleried wijhin, certain priloners, who lay 
ft tiered in a damp and noilome dungeon. 
'Ihcn faid the pilgrims, " What means this ?' 

'" You 



PitGRIM GOOD-nVTENT, 27 

,<• Yau may have already heard," r?iid Mr. Philoro, 
phy, " that I have two mortal foey, who arc alfo the 
foes of the whole human race, and againft whom ail 
-^ho deiire to become my difciples mult fwear eternal 
enmity.. The tower which you behold is i]ie ftrong 
hold of one of them, even of the giant Deipotifm ; and 
tjic captives whom you fee jvithin are viftinis of his cru- 
elty." 

Then faid Mr. Hothead, ** Let us inilantly ftorra 
the gates, and fft ihem free!" 

*' Your zeal is commendable," faid Mr. Phitofo- 
phy; " but wait a moment, and behold the event." 

So ih^y looked, and prefenily they faw a woman 
gorgeoufly attired, M^ith a red cap on her head, who 
tuddenly rofe out of the ground, bearing a lamp-poft in 
her hand ; apd when flie had itricken therewith the 
walls of the lower, they funk with a mighty crafli, and 
became a heap of ruins. Then the pilgrims rejoiced 
in the hope that thofe who had been impriloned with- 
in, would now recover their freedom ; bu\Mr. Phis 
lofophy was not willing that they fhould ftay ro fee what 
jbecame of the captives, but led them hallily away to 
another apartment; as they went, however, Mr. Cu- 
riofity inquired the name of her who had thrown down 
the tower, and wqs told that fhe was called Liberty. 

So they came ne^l to a place where they faw a throne 
railed high, and there fat on it a woman who was 
floihed ia white raiment, but it was deeply Rained 
with blood : alio on her breaft flic wore a bloody crofs. 
And when (lie waved her band, a great rpultitude of 
men appeared before her. Then (lie blew forth from 
her lipsa ilame, which in a moment faltened on their 
garments ; and behold the men fell together in aheap, 
and were all cpuickly confumed to allies. 

Then were the pilgrims much difmayed, and ihcy 
aflved trembling, «' Whatmeaneth this •?" 

Then laid Mr. Philofophy : «'• I fhe wed you at the 
lad place, the cruelty of Defpotifm, one of the ene- 
mies by whom ] and my friends are continually perfe- 
cuicd i yo;; now behold the triumphs of the ftill more 

terrible 



i'*M 



THE PROGRESS OF THE 

terrible giant Superflition. Thefe are the facrifices in 
which he delighieth, apdin executing which the minif- 
ters of his will are continually employed.'* 

« But who is file," faid Mr. CuriofKy, '^ who fits on 
the throne, and by whprp ihi? dped of horror has been 
performed ? ' 

" She is the eldeft daughter of Superftiiion," faid 
Mr. Pbilofophy, " and her name is Chriltianity." 

Good-intent ftarted. lie jiad hitherto followed, lofl 
in wonder, and without confjderation had partaken in 
the ernotion? of the reft; but now, though he was Mill 
incapable of arranging the reiletlions which crowded 
tumultuoully on his mind, yet he could no longer con- 
ceal from himfelf, that he was in th? houfe of one whq 
was an epemy to his king ; and the confcioufnefs of 
this filled hjm \yith an uneafinefs, in which he was 
aftonifhed to fee that none of his companions appear- 
ed to partake. They all followed Mr. Phjlofophy as 
complacently as at firft i but Good-intent longed to 
difengage himfelf from the pompany, though for the 
prefent he''favv npgopd opportunity ofededing his el- 
cape, becaufe their condudor had clofed behind them 
every door through which they had pafTed ; wherefore, 
faiisfying himfelf that po obftacle to bis departure could 
exift on their return, he yielded to the perfuafions of 
Mr. Curioliiy, and with the red proceeded Itill further. 
^ /rhen Mr. Pbilofophy brought them to a place, wbete 
ihey faw an alTembli^ge of men of all conditions. Some 
were employed in various woiks of labour; but as 
ihey worked, they fpng with merry hearts; and, wheii 
their talks >yere ended, they arofe, and danced upon 
the green : fome were countipg the profits they had gain- 
ed by merchardife ; and fome, in gayer clothing, were 
engaged in various (ports, and ieemed to know no 
bulinefs but their pleafure. Yet were the pilgrims 
greatly aftonifhed at the air of checifulnefs, which was 
vifible on every countenance; for the men were all 
linked togeih^er by tv;o ponderous iron chains, the end* 
of which were gvafped by two rpisJhapep giants, who 
fat on a rock, and viewed their cgpiives wiih malignant 
exultation. " Who 



PiLGlUM GOOD.INTENT, ?9 

ti Who are thofe hideous monfters," faid Mr. Cu- 
riofity, " who hold enthralled fo many of our fellow 
creatures ?" 

" You now behold ii^y enemies in perfon," faid Mr. 
J'hilofophy ; " he who wields ihe fceptre in his hand, is 
Delpotifm ; yef, though the enfigns of royally are his, 
even he is fubjeft to the control of Superllition, his 
(till more imperious brother, who bears the Ilamin<r 
Vorch." 

'• But thofe fools are worthy to wear their chains," 
laid Mr. Hiie-coniroul, '« who purfue their fports and 
occupations wiih fuch gay levity, jnaking no elfbit to 
free them(elves." 

** Condemn them not too haftily," faid Mr. Philofo- 
phy, " left your cenlure fhould extend further than 
you as yet fuppofe ; and know, that ihofe iwen, of 
whom you thus cuntemptuoufiy fpcak, are ihemfelves 
infenfible of their own fervile condiiion. For fuch is 
the magic power of thofe fell giants^ that they can ren- 
derinviiible the chains v;hich they impofe, and fo lull 
to fleep the faculties of thofe who wear them, thai they 
feel not the yoke, even while it galls their necks. 
But look again, and a new fcene of things will difclofc 
iifelf." 

Then they looked, and beheld a pprfon fingularly 
attired ; for his garments were made all of paper, and 
on every fold were printed in legible charaQers the words 
Rights of Man. lie advanced towards the crowd, 
bearing in his hand a large mirror, which he held in 
fuch a manner as that every man in his turn faw there- 
in his own image; and fMch was the virtue of that 
glafs, that as he looked in it? his eyes were opened, 
and he perceived his chains. In a moment the voice 
of mirth ceafed among them ; and nothing now was to 
be heard but groans and lamentations, intermixed with 
exprefTions of fury and reveng again^ the tyrants who 
had thus enflaved them. The pilgritns pitied them, 
and waited with fome anxiety to fee what would be the 
effeftsofthe new fpirit which had been thus excited 
among them; when on a fuden, he who bare the glaf^ 

fiepped 



'^0 TH£ PROGRESS OF THE 

flepped forward, and prefented it to ijbe guefts of Mr. 
Phiiofophy. ,,» 

Mr. DiJcontent was the firft who caught in it the te^ 
fleBion of his own figiire ; at.d what was his horror, 
when he beheld aro,und iiis own neck two chains, re- 
fembling thofe with whiph the other capiives of Super- 
ftiiion and Defpotirm were loaded ? He (laried back 
^gbart, and Mr. Ilate-conircul caught a fimilar view j 
he gnafhed his tceih with defpite ; and Mr. Hothead, 
V'ho came nexr, was altogether mad with fury. Sur- 
prifed at their ravings, Mr. Curiofaty prelfed forward 
IP look ; and when he perceived at onpe his own con- 
(dition, and that of his companions, he fcized the arm 
of Good-intent, and drew him towards t}ic mirror. 
After them came the reft; and all, in like manner, 
jdifcovered with aftonifliment theirftate of bondage. 4.11 
too now felt themfelves even bowed down by the weight 
of the chains, of whichj but a few moments before, they 
bad been unconfcious ; and while fome raged, and 
others wept, at the thoughts of the captivity in which 
they were holden, all vfcre exerting their utmoft efforts 
to break their bonds, or iat leaft to loofen them ffom 
their necks ; but all in vain ; the more they ftruggled tq 
free themfelves, the tighter did the tyrants feem tq 
draw the chains. 

At laflthey addreffed themfelves tp Mr. Phiiofophy, 
and befought him to deliver them. 

*• Vou alk of me more than I am able to do for you," 
Snfwered he : "I have already rendered you the great. 
eil fervice in my power, by bringing you to a fenfe of 
your thraldom; ior, though till now you have been 
ignorant of it, you have worn thefe chains evep from 
your birth ; and they are rivetied fo hrmly on your 
necks, that, if you ypurfelves (hake them not off, no 
external fojcewili be able to releafe you from them.'' 

'• Alas !" faid Mr. Dil'conient, '^ our ftrength is not 
fufucient to break them." 

*' Yet J would die," faid Mr. Hate.controul, " rath- 
er than lubmit lo wearihem any loiiger." 

" Let us perifh glorioufly," faid, Mr. Hothead, « ir4 

ru filing 



fu?hing forward to attack the tyrants on their lofty 
feat !" 

" The time for adventurous daring may come here- 
after, ' faid Mr. Philofophy : « till your own neck* 
fhali be freed from the yoke of the tyrants, all attempts 
to overthrow their power will be fruitlefs. There is 
but one way by which your chains can be loofed ; and 
to fhew you that way, is the only remaining fervrce I 
can render you. If you know how to value freedom 
asyoaoughtj you wiil not think it dearly purchafed 
by the ufe of the means I fiiall point out to you." 

Mr. Credulity did not befitate to exprefs his impli- 
cit confrdence in the direftions of his conduflo^r; and 
all joined in requefting hinrr to confer on them with- 
out delay this promifed favour, excepting Good- 
7Qtent; who, indeed. Continued to follow him with the 
feftj for he knew not what other courfe to take ; bur, 
while his companions prefl'ed forward with eager itnpa- 
iience, he walked the laft, melaiicholy and filent. 

Afier they had defcended fevcral flights of Heps, 
Mr. Philofophy then led them through many crooked 
fubterranean paliages, now bending to the right hand^ 
and now to the left ; Ibmetimcs proceeding for a fhort 
lime ftrait forwards, and then fuddenly turning in an 
oppofite direftion, and leadirig them backwards al mod 
to the point from which ihey had fet oat. I faw, 
moreover, that in ihefe pafifuges there wa^ no other light 
than that which was af-Forded by numerous lamps, of 
various colours, fo difpofed as to call alternately dif- 
ferent fhades on all obje6ls within fight of the pilgrims : 
jnfomuch that nothing whereon they looked appeared 
to their eyes to wear its ov/n proper and natural hue. 
x^t laft, they reached a brazen door; which being 
opened unto them by Mr. Philofophy, they entered .i 
temple of black marble. From it, as well as from (he 
paffages which had led to it, every beam of the lioht 
of heaven was excluded : nor did the pilgrims hnd 
here even fuch la'^»p^ as had hiibeito enlightened their 
fteps ; only in the" midft of the lempTe, on an altar, 
burned a pale and quivering flame. Even ihe boldclt 

of 



Si: THE PROGRESS QF TUT. 

oFibe band, on his entrance, felt his blood congealed 
with a fudden horror. Each turned to look on hi» 
companions; but, for fome moments, their eyes, 
unaccullomed to the gloom, were unable to diflinguifh 
objc6is ; and in all, the nobler powers of life feemed 
for a while fufpcnded. 

By degrees they became more able to penetrate the 
©bfcurity ; and they deFcried^ though dimly, two por- 
tentous forms; they fuppofed ihcm the powers to 
v'hofe honor that temple had been built. One fat on a 
pile of arms ; his garments dropped with gore ; and a 
llighi of vultures, hovering about his head, with hoarfe 
i'creams demanded of him their accurtomed food* 
The other phantom was half veiled in a mifty cloud ; 
for had his whole form been difcovered, no mortal 
eye could have endured the terrors of his afpeft. A 
dragon's crell appeared to crown his head ; his arm 
reded on a broken anchor, and the ihiinderboU of 
Heaven was trampled beneath his feet. 

" Here feek, and here obtain deliverance !" faid 
Mr. Philofophy : *• Behold I have brought you into 
the prefence of thofe, who alone are able to give you 
perfed liberty : Proftrate yourfelves before them ; and 
then, with fecuriiy of acceptance, oIFcr the facrifice 
which the Powers of i-Vcr^ow demand." 

At thele words, the pilgrims bowed themfelves to 
the ground : Good-intent alone, aghaft and motionlcls. 
Wood Rill in his place, and obeyed not the voice of his 
conductor; but as he was behind the relt, it chanced 
that his omiflion was not obferved. When the others 
had perfur;ned their iiomage, the fiame on the altar 
role higher, and burned m(ire brightly than before, as 
if to requite their worfhip with a favourable omen. 
They now felt themfelves emboldened to look with 
VMue cot)fidence on the phantoms which their guide 
had entitled the Powers cf fiefdcpi ; and, by the in- 
ctcafed light they could difccrn, that over the head of 
him froni whom the ravenous birds expe8ed f'lod, was 
vritien x'Xnarch;- ; but (wer that of his mere ferri^ic 
compeer, they decypl\ercd the name of Atheil'm. 

Govod- intent 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. 3S 

Good-intent fhuddered, and his hair ftood crc£l — 
Then faid Mr. Philofophy, " Thus far is well ; ihefe 
awful powers receive you as their votaries. Are you 
now ready to join in the facrifice which alone is wanting 
to render them propitious to your defires ?" 

" Inftantly," faid Mr. Hothead : " what have we to 
offer which can be acceptable to them ?" 

*' Have you not each a book," faid Mr. Philofo- 
phy, " which was given unto you by a man who called 
himfelf Evangelift ?" 

" We have," replied the pilgrims. 

" That man," refumed their condu6lor, " is the 
moll inveterate foe of the Powers who prefide in this 
temple ; and in no lefs a degree is he your enemy alfo ; 
fince the chains, which you fo difgracefully wear, 
could not have been forged without his alliftance. 
As a token, then, that you forever renounce him and 
his doftrines, lay your books on ihc altar before you, 
to be confumed in that (clfskindled flame, as an of- 
fering to Atheifm ; and then let each flep forward, 
and receive from Anarchy a fword which hath no 
fheath, endowed with fo rare a virtue, that, in the 
fame moment that you grafp it, your chains will fpon- 
taneoufly fall from your necks." 

Mr. Hothead immediately obeyed, and threw his 
book into the midft of the flame : Mr. Inconfiderate 
followed his example ; and Mr. Hate-controul, as he 
did the like, (aid, " If I hoped for no further advan- 
tage, I fliould flill think myfelf a gainer, in being no 
Jonger obliged to burden myfelf with a volume, lilled 
with hard fayings, and Itatutes impofiiblc: to be borne.'* 

The reft not immediately advancing, Mr. Philofophy 
proceeded in his difcourfc. 

Philcjcphy, « You will foon perceive that, by the 
fJeftruOion of thefe books, the prefent fyftem of affairs 
ihrotighoiit the whole world will be annihilated." 

Mr. Difcontcnt came forward, and committed his 
volume to the flames. 

Phikfcphy. ** A new order of things will every where 

Z • Mr, 



34 THE PROGRESS OJ' THE 

Mr. Love-change joined in the facrifice- 

Philofophy. " And ihofe, who now cordially unite 
with each other in the purfiiit of their true inierefts"— - 

Mr. Party. fpiritprefented his book. 

Philofophy — " Will lliare, in that renovated Hate, 
the pure delight, v/hich will be imparted to them, not 
only by the recovery of their own freedom, but by the 
univerfai ellabiifliment of the rights and liberties of all 
mankind." 

The latter part of this fpeech had been addreffed to 
Good-intent; but he neither advancing, nor returning 
an anfwer, Mr. Curiofity pre (Ted before him, and ac- 
cofting Mr. Philofophy : « Sir," faid he, •« the extra- 
ordinary veneration, with which the wonders I have 
feen at your houfe have infpired me for your wifdom^ 
difpofes me to pay an implicit deference to all your 
counfels; yet before I caft my book upon that flaming 
pile, I would gladly be fatisfied by you on one point. 
I am aware, that to perfons who have the honor to be 
in(lrt>fted by you, tbefe volumes are totally unnecef- 
fary ; but fince thofc of the meaner fort, who want 
that advantage, ftill ftand in need of fome rules for 
the diredion of their conduQ, where, if ihofe are de- 
ftroyed to which they have hitherto had recourfe, 
where are they to find a fubllitute ? ' 

" Nothing can be more eafily fouiidj" anfwered Mr. 
Philofophy. *• Let them read the Koran of Mahomet, 
or the Zendavefla of Zoroafter; or let them feek a 
living example of human perfeftion, undebafcd by 
fecial laws, unccnianiinated by civilization, unfetter- 
ed by Chriftian prejudices, and confequcntly unftain- 
cd by any crime more black than occahonal rapine, 
fraud, and murder, in the \uiuo\is hordes o^ Aviei ir- 
can favages." 

" And are Mahomet and Zoroafler, then," faid iMr. 
Credulity, " peifons of as great veracity as I\lr. Evan- 

gehft r 

" All my difciples are of that opinion," replied Mr. 
Philofophy. 

" You know ihcfe things belter than I do," faid Mr. 

Credulity : 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, S5 

Credulity : and with that he followed the example of 
the red. 

Mr. Curiofity hefitated a moment longer ; but pref- 
ently yielding to his impatience to fee the wonderful 
t^cEXs that were to refult from the offering, he alfo 
caft his book into the flames. 

But the facrifice was not yet completed ; for the fpi- 
rit of Good-intent was now roufed ; he faw with horror 
the condud of his companions, §nd the counfels of 
Goodwill rufhed fuddenly on his recollc8;ion. Though 
the things which he had feen and heard, had made a 
confiderable imprcffion on his mind, his former opin- 
ions were not fo far (haken, but that he felt within him- 
felf a determination to part rather with his life than 
wiih his book, which he was fenfible none but the ene- 
mies of his King" would have required him to refign ; 
and remembering that he had been -^lireQed to con- 
fult it whenever he fhould find himfelf under any dif- 
ficulty, he drew it forth from his bofom. Mr. Philofo- 
phyj difpieafed that among the men who had followed 
him fo far, there fhould be any one who hefitated to 
obey his lafl command, extended his hand to feize it; 
but Good-intent, recoiling from his touch, opened the 
volume, and read therein, " Beware left any man 
fpoil you, through philofophy and vain deceit." 

'* Alas!' cried he, " had I fooner reforted to my 
book for counfel, I fhould not have fuffered myfelf to 
be led hither, to view face to face thofe forms of perdi- 
tion ! How great mufl have been my fin in turning 
afide from the right road ; (ince it has brought on me 
the puniflimcnt which I experience even in die fight 
of that moil dire of fiends, before whofe afpeft I feel 
every higb.raifed hope die away in my bofom ! What 
\vill become of me .? What fhall I do ?" 

Then he again opened his book, and found written 
therein, " Efcape for thy life, look not behind thee." 
Upon that, he made towards the door, and would have 
gone forth ; but thofe who had hitherto been his com- 
panions, unwilling that by his example their own un- 
righteous d^zds fhould be reproved, (ought to detain 

him, 



30 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

him, and to compel him to do even as they had done j 
but his eagernefs lo efcape, gave him tenfold ftrengih ; 
and while he was ftruggling with them, Mr. Philofo- 
phy laid to his adveriaries wiih a malicious fmile, 
*• Trouble not yourfelves to withhold againft his will 
that weak- fouled wretch, who is unfit to be with you 
admitted to my higher myfteries. Suffer him to pafs 
forth, to meet the fate which is prepared for all, who 
prefume, without my guidance, to tread the mazes of 
my palace." 

Then (hey flood back, and Good-intent impetuoufiy 
ruflied out of the temple. But little caufe had he to 
jejoice, excepting in that he was delivered from the 
view of the hideous form of Atheifm ; for the lamps, 
■which had enlightened his (leps when he had pafled 
that way at firil, were all cxtinguifhed ; and in the 
thick obfcurity which furrounded him, he foon made a 
wrong turning, and loft himfelf. His fpirit now funk 
withiu him, as he wandered along dark and flippery 
■ways, where he proceeded few paces without Humbling 
over a kind of rugged {tones, called in that place Ob' 
jeclions, which were every where fcattered about. The 
air, moreover, was tilled with certain venomous wing- 
ed creatures, fliaped like bats, which were called 
DmhtSr, and did oftentimes fling him forely. 

At lad, he defcried at a diilance a firjall glimmering 
light, towards which he joyfully haliened ; and enter- 
ing a chamber fronfi which it proceeded, he found there 
a man, in a changeable coloured garment, with a 
mafk on his face. Before him lay a book, like that 
which Good-intent had fo zealoufly preferved ; but he 
was employed in cutting out half the leaves of it with a 
knife, which he held in his hand ; vhile from thofe 
vhich he fuffered to remain, he had erafed fo many 
words, that the relldue was no longer intelligible. 
When Good-intent entered, the man raifed his head, 
and afl;ed him who he was, and what he fought there. 

Gcod'inUni. *'fvly name is Good. intent ; I am a 
pilgrim, and was travelling towards the Celejlial City, 
till It was my unhappy lot to be inveigled into this palace, 

where 



PILGRIM GOOD INTENI, 3r 

where I have beheld the dreadful face of AtheiTm. As 
1 lied from him, I loft my way in ihe dark paffagcs; 
and, till I defcried ihe beams of your lamp, I was 
hopelefs of ever efcaping from this endlefs labyrinth." 

Then faid the man, " If thoii flyeft from Atheifm, 
it is well for thee that thou art come hither. 1 alio am 
his enemy; and befide myfelf, thou couldft not have 
found any one able to alTift thy escape, and to guide 
thee in fafety through the intricate mazes of this paL 
ace." 

Good-intent heard with joy the difcourfe of the fl ran- 
ger ; yet anxious to know him better,before he entruflcd 
himfelf to his guidance, he inquired his name; to 
which the man replied, that he was called Rational- 
chriftianity ; "And I myfelf,' faid he, "am aUo a 
pilgrim as thou art; only I like not to walk with the 
herd of vulgar travellers; and therefore, to feparatc 
myfelf from them, I came fomeiime fince to take up 
my abode under the roof of Mr. Philofophy. Biit 
how, if thou art willing to become my companion, 
and to conform thy way to my direflions, I will lead 
ihee into a fafe and eafy path, by which, fooner than 
thou mayed expert, thou flialt arrive at the end of thy 
journey.'* ' 

• When Gooc-intent heard the {lranger\<; name, it in. 
fpired him with great confidence ; and not feeling any 
miftriul of his new companion, he befoughthim imme- 
diately to lead the way. Then the man arofe, and tak- 
ing his lamp in one hand, and in the other the book 
out of which he had cut fo many of the leaves, he con- 
duQed Good-intent along paffages, as intricate as any 
ofthofe through which he had paiTed before; and now 
they had proceeded fo far, that the pilgrim expefted 
every moment to reach the end of his fubteiranean 
way, and to emerge from the darknefs in which he had 
wandered fo long, when his conductor fuddenly turned 
afide, and brought him into an apartment, which was 
faintly enlightened by an imperfcft beam of clouded 
day, ftreaming through a half-clofed fl;y-light. 

He here beheld enfhrined a new phantom, whofe 

form 



5« THE PROGRESS OF THE 

form refembled that of the giant-brood, who were 
fabled to have fprung from the earth ; yei, feated on 
a lofty throne, he Jooked proudly downwards, as 
from the highcft heavens : his countenance was fevere 
and louring j and haughty as it v;as, it betrayed a fecret 
anguifh at bis inability to break, a crofs, which he held 
in his hands, and was exerting his utmoll llrength to 
dcmolifh. 

" Whiiher have you brought me," faid Good-intent 
to hiscondudor; " and what unknown form do I now 
behold ?" 

'' Happy mortal," faid the other, <« who under my 
guidance haft reached the dwelling place of NaturaU 
religion ; bow thyfelf at his flirine, and rejoice that thy 
happy deftiny has brought thee to vifit his pure abode !" 

But while he (poke. Good-intent, eying the phans 
torn more heedfully, difcerned his true name written 
over bis head j and it was Deifm. Perceiving then 
that his conduftor had a defign to deceive him, he des 
laved not to draw forth his book. 

" What doft thou i'" faid his guide. 

" I feek for counfel where it niay be found," repli- 
ed Good-intent. 

'' Thou meancft well," faid the other, '* but how 
v;ilt thou be deceived, if thou putteft any trull in wha^ 
thou mayeflfind written in that volume!" 

" Doth it not contain the words of truth ?" faid the 
pilgrim. 

" It doth indeed contain fome truth," anfwered his 
conduftor; « but fo intermixed with falfehood. that 
thy weak underftanding cannot know how to feparate 
the one from the other. Read rather in my book. 
Mine, as thou feeft, was once the fame as thy own; 
but I have long employed myfelf in expunging fuch 
parts of it as were adverfe to my own opinions, and in 
difcovering in the pages v;hich I have (ufFered to re- 
main, fuch occult meanings, as had, for many ages, 
efcaped all vulgar and unlearned eyes; and I have at 
laft fo refmed it from its drofs, that even he, my great 
mailer, whom thou feed before thee, permits his vota- 
ries 



Pilgrim good-intent. 59 

ties to ufe it, as a code of laws for the regulation of 
their moral condu6l." 

« But if," faid Good-intent, « it was defigned, as I 
have always been afTured it was, as a book of general 
inftru6lion for all mankind, can we imagine that the 
true meaning of any eireniial parts of it, fhould be 
fo occult, as that it fliould have remained for the in- 
quiries of the prefent age to difcover ? Methinks 1 
could more willingly relinquifli my book entirely, as I 
was required to do but juft now in the temple of Athe- 
ifm, than think fo unworthy of him, who commanded 
us to believe and to do all things which it fhould teach 
us, as to fuppofe that he fuffered any paffages to be in- 
feried therein, for the exprefs purpofe of mifleading 
fuch, as with honell and true hearts fhould feek to 
know his will." 

And with that, pufhing back the mutilated volume 
■which was offered him, he opened his own and read, 
*' This is that fpirit of Anti-chrift, whereof you have 
heard that it fhould come; and even now already it is 
in the world." As he read thefe words, the throne of 
Deifm funk, and the phantom himfelf difappeared; 
the fmall part of the fky-light that had been open, fud- 
denly clofed ; and be who bare the lamp fled away ; 
but as he fled his mafk dropped off, and Good-intent 
knew his face, ihat it was the face of Herefy. 

By the removal of his lamp, however, the pilgrim 
was not left in darknefs as before ; for he perceived 
that/rom the book which he ff ill held in his hand a radi- 
ance proceeded, and fhined round about it; an affift- 
ance which it had not hitherto afforded him, becaufe 
he had carried it hidden in his bofom, without attempt 
ing to make any ufe of it. Then he remembered that 
it was written, " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and 
a light unto my path ;" and rejoicing in the hope 
which was thus revived in his bolom, he haflened out 
of that apartment, and proceeded on his way. Nor 
was beany longer in danger of lofing himfelf; for at 
every turning, a bright ray darted froun his book, and 
pointed out to him the way which he IhouJd take. — 

Oniv 



40 THE PROGRESS Of THE 

Only he was ftill molefted by thofe venomous flying 
creatures, which, though they flung him lefs forel/ 
than before, did yet hover over his head, and fill his 
ears with the noife of their fluiterings; and fomeiimes, 
gathering lound his book, they fliaded it whh their 
wings, and almoft hid the light from his eyes. Nev- 
erihelefs, he went on with confidence; and at laft, af- 
ter climbing up a fteep afcent, he found hirafelf in a 
vcllibule, where tfie rays of the fun in all their fplen- 
dor fuddenly broke upon his eyes ; the birds of night, 
not able to endure the brightnefs, durft follow him no 
farther, but flew back fcreaming to their murkey 
abodes; and Good-inicnt, feeing before him an open 
door, rufhed through it, and with joy perceived that 
he had cfcaped out of the palace of Mr. Philofophy. 

The frefh air was very pleafant to him, after his 
long fubterranean wanderings; yet he (laid not to 
amule himfelf with any inferior gratifications, but look- 
ed eagerly round him to difcover where he was, and 
what way he mufl go to return to the high road, his 
departure from which he fo forely repented. 

While he was flanding to take the view, he was def- 
cried by a party of Mr. Philofophy's retainers, who, 
from a turret, beheld the plain below. It was fo rare% 
an occurence to them to fee any who fled from their maf. 
ler's palace, after having once confented to become his 
icholars, (the moil part remaining there gladly to en- 
joy the picafures of the place ; and the few who were 
defirousto depart, finding no means of etfetling their 
elcape) that Good-intent was unto thefe men an ob« 
je(5l of great amazement ; and fome of them reproach. 
cd him for quilting a houfe, where he might meet with 
fo much good company ; others called to him to re» 
turn ; and others, oblerving the book which he Rill 
bore in his hand, mocked at him for encumbering 
hinifelf with a burden which they called fo ufelefs, and 
fpake many vain and blafphemous words againfl Him 
whole hws it contained. Among thefe lafl was one 
named Ridicule, who as it chanced had a bow in his 
hand ; and obferving that Good-intent heeded nothing 

that 



PlLGiUM GOOD-INTENT. 41 

<hat was laid unto him, but was beginning to run acrofs 
ihe plain with all fpeed, he vain glorioufly told his com- 
panions that he would give them a proof of his flcill in 
archery, by fending a dart, which Ihould (Irike the 
book out of the young man's hand ; and with that, he 
prefently fitted an arrow to the llring, and drew the 
bov/ with all his might. The fliafi flew through the air, 
and grazing the hand of Good-inteni, it llruck the 
book; but bounding inft.intly back from it, fell with a 
blunted point to the ground. Though the {t:ratch which 
the pilgrim had received was flight, yet, the dart hav- 
ing been envenorned, it gave hivn extraordinary pain, 
and had almofl, at the firll moment, oblig d him to 
drop the book; but happily recollefting himrdf, he 
exerted fufHcieni refolUtion to grafp the precious vol- 
ume more firmly than ever, and went on his way, wiih- 
oul fo much as turning to look behind him. Never- 
ihelefs, Ridicule, being fliort-fightcd, imagined that he 
had feen his arrow transfix the book; and when he 
boafled to his companions of his fuccefs, even ihofe 
among iheiii who had feen the eveot mod clearly, were 
afraid to contradi6t him, left being offended, he fhoulcl 
turn the reft of his darts agiinft ibcmfelves. 

Meanwhile Good-intent, having efcaped out of the 
plcafure-grounds of Mr. Philofophy, had at laft the fat- 
isfaftion to find himicif once more in the high road, 
where he ran forward without flickening his pace, till 
he reached the houfe of the good old Interp/etcr. 
There he knocked wiih great violence at the gate , 
and it was prcfcnily opened to him by the damfel v.hofe 
name was Innocent. So Ihe afiied him who he was. 

'J Alas!" faid Cood«intent, " f am one who can urge 
little claim to be admitted here, fince I have fufiercd 
myfelf to be feduced from the right way by the wiles 
of Mr. Philofophy, and have beheld the dreadful myf- 
teiies of his palace. And though I have been fo for- 
tunate as to elcape from his labyrinths, yet I know not 
whether 1 may ftill prefume to prefent myfclf at this 
porfrtl, which I arn weH aware is only opened to the 
iaithful fnbjefts of ihat King, from whofe paths I have 
trairorouil/ ftrayt-d/' F Thsri 



42 THE PR0GRLS3 OF THE. 

Then faid the darnfel, "This gate is never clofed 
againit penitent and leturning finners. Yet of all who 
iiave been enticed by Mr. Philofophvj I do not recol- 
leB that any one, before you, has ever quiitcd him, and 
come to fcek admillion here. But I pray }Ou tell me 
your name, and from what place you fei forth on your 
pilgrimage, that I may go in, and fliew it unto my 
nnafter; and I will then quickly return, and let you 
know his anfwer." 

Then Good-intent told her Vvho he was, and whence 
he came ; and when flie heard that he was of the line- 
age of Chrillian, fhe fmilcd, and made the greater hafte 
to carry in his petition; and (lie prefently came backj 
to let him know that her mailer would willingly receive 
him. Then fhe led him in, and brought him to a par- 
lour where Mr. Interpreter was fitting. He was a ven- 
erable old man, with a long white beard, that reached 
down even to his girdle ; but none of the infirmities of 
age were vifiblc upon him, as he who had conduced 
the pilgrim to the houfe of Mr. Philofophy, had falfely 
reported : on the contrary, there was ftill a youthful 
fire in hh eyes, and his countenance vifibly expreffed 
a liiind of undiminifiied vigour. 

He received Good-intent with great benignity, and 
congratulated him on his efcape from a place in which 
fo many had found their ruin. " But tell me, young 
man," (aid he, "in what manner didft thou firft come 
to a knowledge of thy danger ? For the principal art 
of him who fo deceitlully affumes my name and office^ 
confilU in concealing his defigns from fuch as he has 
undertaken to enlnaie, till he has brought ihem fo far 
in the way which leadeih to perdition, that all means 
of retreat are cut ofl from them." 

Good-intent then related to the Interpreter all ihit 
had befallen him in the palace of Mr. Philofophy ; de- 
claring that, though the conlcioufnefs that he had quil- 
ted the right road had, from the firft, occafioned him 
fome uneafincfs, he had not been tluily fcnfible that he 
had put bimj'elf under the guidance of one who was an 
enemy to his Prinqe, till he had heard him aflert that 

Chriiiianity 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, a?. 

Cbriftianily was the daughter of Superflition ; which 
was fo contrary to all that had ever before been told 
him of her, that he affored himfelf it muft have been a 
inaliciotis calumny; that afterwards the fight or the 
dreadful phantoms in the black temple had fo greatly 
difmayed him, that had he been obliged to make any 
longer Hay thercj he muft certainly have died with ter- 
ror; and he concluded by expreffing his gratitude to 
his King, to whofe merciful preiervation of him he 
'Vvholly attributed his efcape. 

Then faid the Inierpreter, "You can never return 
him fuffici^nt acknowledgments for fo great and fignal 
a favour. But while you arc thus declaring the due 
fenfe you entertain of it, what is the reafon that your 
countenance ^o ill agrees with your words? For.me- 
thinks you look rnore like a man who is labouring under 
fome prefent grievance, than like one whofc mind is 
properly affeBed with a recent benefit," 

Good-intent. " Alas, Sir I notwithflanding ray fatis- 
faQion at having returned to the high road, I cannot 
deny that my fpirits are ftill much dejefted : Thouoh I 
chofc rather to continue to wear the chains with which 
I am ladert, than to refort to i^ibeifm and Anarchy for 
rr,y releafe ; yet the fight which has bf^en afforded me 
of my own flavifh condition, has rendered my very life 
a burden to me. Cannot you, Sir, tell me of any means 
by which I may be delivered ? I am likewife in great 
pain, fr m the flings of ihofe venomous creatures, 
which fo forely moleiled mc, as I was wandering in Mr. 
Philofjphy's dark mazes, and from the bruifrs I receiv- 
ed in the falls I there met \\\i\\ ; alfo I feel an intoler- 
able fman from the wourtd, flight as it appeared, which 
was inflifted on my hand by the arrow of him, who did 
ilioot ai me from the turret,as I was making my efcape." 

Initrpreier. " As for the flings, and bruifes, and 
the wound, of which you complain, none do ever enter 
the houfe of Mr. Philofophy, unlefs they be clad in ar- 
mour of proof from the armoury of our King, without 
receiving many fuch hurts as (hofe, if nothing worfe be- 
lal them ; and at prefem you muft be contented to bear 

thci^ 



U JUL PROGRESS OF THE 

ihcm wiih patience, though hereafter I may be able to 
provide you fome remedy for thenm. But as for the 
chains which Cq greatly trouble you, I pray you fhevf 
them to me. ' 

'= I do not now perceive them inyfelfj" faid Good- 
intcnt. 

"You however feel them," faid the Interpreter. 

« I cannot fay } do," anfwered the young man ; "yet 
Tneihought their weight did mightily opprefs me, while 
2 viewed them in the mirror of \im who was calleji 
Rights ofman." 

«• You will probably be more fenfible of them when 
you move," ("aid the Interpreter. Rife up and walk, 
and prove; whether there- be any bonds which reftraiti 
your limbs." 

Then Good-intent arofe ; but whether be turned 
himfelf to the right hand, Or to the left, he could not 
obferve that any thing drew him back, or deprived him 
of the liherty to walk or move which way foever he 
chofe. ''• It is true, Sir,' faid he at lad, " that I cannot 
now perceive myfelf to be in any bondage ; t^ut I re- 
member Mr. Philofophy told me that the two giants;, 
vhohad et-jflaved the w'jole world, were able alio, by 
their magic art, to render their captives infenfible of 
their own condition; and 1 am probably again under 
the inniience of that forcery, fince I can no longer dif- 
covcr the chains, which were fo plainly Ihewn me ifi 
ihat'wonderful mirror. ' 

" And art thou i^ill fo blind,' faid the Interpreter, 
*• (baithou canll not dii'cern to whom the imputation of 
magic belongs? If thou wen indeed chained,, as thine 
enemv would have perfuaded thee, yet while thy bonds 
were invifible, and did no way reftrain thy fieedomin 
aBion, it would be difficult to (ay wherein the griev- 
ance did confiQ ; but in (aft this is nothing more than 
one of thole vain fliadows, M'iih which Philofaphy, him- 
felf the nr^olt powerful of magicians, doth ufe to delude 
ihofe who have fallen into his fnares ; to the end that, 
reforting to him for deliverance from an imaginary 
hondari , they may fall into a real one, and fo become 

■ the 



PILGRIM GOOD INTENT. 45 

the inftrumcnts of the horrible defigns lie ha'; formed Tor 
the fubverfion of every thing which mankind hath hith- 
erto been accuftomed to hold in reverence. Bui the 
love thou haft ftiewn for thy King, by refolutely quit- 
ting the abode of his enemy, in defpite of all the obfta- 
cles which were oppokd io thy cfcape, renders thee 
worthy that the falfe impr. ffions which thefe forceries 
have made on thy mind fhould be removed, and that 
thou fhouldeft be fiiewn that thy temporal, as well as thy 
eternal interefts, can be fecured only by a conduB, in 
every relpcd the reverfe of that to which Philolophy 
impels his votaries. I will therefore explain to thee., 
in order, all that did befal thee, from the time when 
thou wait firft perfujjided by thy dangerous companion 
Curicjfiiy, totalteof the ftream of Vain- refearch, which 
jfiTues from the fountain of Pi-erumption, and empties 
itfeif into the boi^ndlcfs fea of Error. Mr. Philofopuy, 
finding that (Iream podeflcd fucb qualities as might 
render it of coiifidcrable ufe to him, in his attempts to 
rnifiead pilgrims, was at a great expenfe in turning it 
acrofs the high rbad : its original courfe having lain 
very wide thercrrom ; and the extraordinary darknefs, 
which came upon your whole company, is one of the 
cfFcBs which arc tifually experienced by thofc wjio 
diink of its vvatcis. You thus laid yourfelves open to 
the attacks of your enemy j and having but a few mo- 
tnents before walked in fafety by the light of heaven, 
you became glad to follow the dim taper which he had 
lent to guide you to your ruin. As for the account, 
which was- givert you by the \vay, of Mr. Philofophy 
himfelF, his very appearance might have convinced 
you of its faUehood ; for you could not but fee that his 
face wore no traces of that venerable age to which he^ 
pretends. In truth, there was one who bore the fame 
Tiame, and who lived in Greece about three thoufand 
years ago ; but with him this impoftor hath not even 
any aifinity ; only he coveteth to wear robes of the fame 
fafhion, and to mimic the tones of his voice. Neither 
are his parents fuch as he pretends. Reafon indeed 
will fomeiimes, when he is intoxicated, call him his 

fon ; 



•to THE PROGRESS OF THE 

ion; but when he is fdber, he conOantly denies tKa.t 
be is any way corine8ed with him ; and as for Naiuie, 
avhom he would claim for his mother, fhe never faw 
bim. His true father is no other than Lucifer, from 
whom he inheriteth his pride, and his rebellious fpirit; 
but his mother was a mortal i>ymph, called Nonfcnfe; 
and by her he was firfl inftrufted in the do6trines, 
which now he tcacheth to the world. As for thofe 
Icholars of his, whofe labours he commended to vou 
in his academy, they are of the number of ihofe, oi 
whom it long finre was laid, *' that ihere fiiould come 
in the laft days, fcoffers, who of this fiiould willingly 
be ignorant, that, by the word of God, the heavens 
were of old, and the earth, {landing out of the water 
^nd in the water; whereby the world that then was, 
being overflowed with water, periflied ; but the heavens 
and the earth which are now, by the fame word are 
kept in ftore, referved unto fire, againll the day o£ 
judgment and perdition of ungodly men. Therefore 
do they vaunt themfelvcs, as if, by their pretended dif- 
coveries, boih the hiflory and tradition of pad ages 
coul^ be fet alide ; as if, by their wifdom, a world could 
be made, and life and a reafonable foul infufed into 
the creatures which fhould inhabit it, without the in- 
:ervention of an Almighty Agent; and as if, by their 
ciounfels. this mortal could be taught to put on immor- 
sality, without the ciTiftance of Him, who only "hath 
power to change our vile bodiesj that they may be 
falhioned like unto His glorious body, according to 
{he working whereby He is able even to fubdue ali 
things unto himfelf." But I know that yoti now are 
weary and faint in your fpirit, through the toils and 
/terrors which you have this day undergone ; and it will 
be expedient for you at prcfcnt to take feme refref]]- 
ment, by which your flrength may be revived. I will 
therefore defer expounding to you the true meaning of" 
ihe fights which you afterwards beheld, until to-morrow 
jnornin'^ ; when, as (ome of my windows look the fame 
way with ibofe of Mr. Philofophy, 1 fiiall be able to 
give you a better view of thofe thiDgSj which he de- 
ceivingly fnewed unto you." With 



PILGIUM GOOD-INTZNT, Ati 

With that, the Interprefer arofe, and taking. Good- 
intent by the hand, he Jed him into another apartment, 
where a pleniiful flipper was provided ; not indeed 
compofed of fuch far-fetched dainties as the pilgrim 
had been regaled with at the banquet of his former hoft, 
but of meats much more nouriOiing and heahhful ; and 
after he had catena fufficiency, he was, by the In- 
terpreter's order, conduced to the chamber appointed 
for his lodging, where he enjoyed a comfortable re- 
pofe. 

In the morning, as foon as he had breakfafted^ Mr* 
Interpreter took him to a window,* from which he had 
a fight of the common, whereon flood the campanyof 
naked men; but Good intent, being now much near- 
er to them than he had been placed before, could 
difcern great mifery in their countenances ; for each 
man was more intent on obtaining the mallery over 
the reft, than on providing for himfelf thofe things 
whereof he was the moQ; in need ; and if any one fuf- 
fered wrong from another, he had no better refource 
than to return that injury by a new one ; for they were 
governed by no laws, neither was there any judge by 
whom the weak could be proieQed from him that was. 
too flrong for him ; fo that every man's hand wasagainll 
his neighbour, until he who was called Social-order ap-^ 
peared amongft them. At his approach, iheir dilcord 
ceafed ; and though he beftov;ed not his favours equal- 
ly, yQi even thofe, for whom he did the leal!, were 
manifeflly in a better fuuation ihan they had been be- 
fore his arrival ; if he had clothed them but in rags, 
they had realbn to be thankful, fince before they had 
been naked ; and if they were conllrained to labour 
for the rich, that labour fupplied them with food for 
themfeivcs, for want of which ihey had before beea,^ 
ilarving. Moreover, Good-intent faw that rcany of 
thofe who had abundance, gave freelv thereof to fach 
as were in need ; tltat no man durlt any more atteimpt 
to do wrong unto another, becaufe Social-order was 
read^' to take the part of eveiy one who was oppreTiid ; 
and ihat of ihofe, who at firit had been placed in vh^ 

meaiicit 



-if THE PROCRrS^ OF IHL 

ineaneft ftaiions, there were many who, by their induf- 
try "and prudent conduQ, obtained places, from time lo 
linre, among thofe who held the higheft ranks; while 
ihere were others, who at fiift had been gorgeoully 
clothed, but whoj as they wafted their (ubflance by rr. 
otous living, were obliged to exchange their coftly 
garments for the rags which the others had call ofl'. 

"What thinkeft ihoo now,' faid the Interpreter, to 
Cbodiintent ; " whether of the two is preferable ? Thsf 
(late of favage man, where every individual, confcious 
of no dependence on his feilowj lives but foi" himfelf i 
where confequendy he can attain no advantages, but 
Ibch as his own limited abilities can procure him ; and 
where the conftant infecurity of property confines all 
enjoyment within the prefent moment, and fuffers no 
bright profpeft of futurity lo enlarge or ennoble the 
mind ; or that ftate of things which, under the diredion 
of a benign Providence, has been introduced by Social- 
order ? Of perfeBion this world is not (he feat ; of 
the wifeft human inllituiions it is therefore eafy to dif- 
cover the defers. The only fair method of judging, 
is, to compare the benefits with the inconveniences 
which refult fiom ihem ; but lo that end, ii u neceflary 
to view them in all their parts j and it is therefore one 
chief anifice of Mr. Philofophy, to permit his pupils to 
behold but on one fide the objc5ls which he prefcnts to 
4hem. Where there is a gradation of ranks, the occa- 
iional exaltation of ihe unwonhy, and depreffion of the 
meritorious, niuft, amorg human creatures, be una- 
voidable; yet, even in the moft corrupt limes, fuch 
abufes wili not be uuivcrfal, fince moil of the groHer 
A/ices naturally Ic'ad to poverty and contempt, while 
jjodlinefs hath '* ihe promife of the life that now is, as 
^eli as of thai which is to come;" and when thi,i world 
Inall pals away, and that which is perfcd fliall fucceed 
3t, then Ihall ii evidently appear that all things, wlieth- 
trr happy or calamitous in their prefent alpc(fl, ihail 
alike have worked togjether for ^ood to 'hole v\ ho have 
lk:!ved and obeyed iheir celedial Kiog." 

'■I 



PILGRIM GOOD-mrENT. 49 

« I am infinitely beholden to you, Sir," faid Good- 
intent, " for having fei me right on a point lo impors 
tant as this. I now perceive how much I was mifled by 
that imperfeft view which Mr. Philofophy afforded 
me; and that Social-order, whom he reprefented as the 
author of all the evils of this world, is, in faft, man's 
true ft benefaftor. But, I pray you, let us proceed a 
little farther. I furely could not be equally wrong in 
the judgment I formed refpefting the next fight whicli 
was (hewn unto us ; in the abhorrence I felt at that 
terrible prifon, nor in my zealous admiration of her 
who overthrew its walls." 

" I do not blame you," faid the Interpreter, " for the 
opinions which you were led to entertain on that lub- 
jeft; yet I will (liew you, that even there, you formed 
your judgment leohaftily.' 

And with thar, he led the pilgrim to another placr, 
from which they had a view of the tower. Good-intent 
again beheld it with indignation; but the Interpreter 
bade him look around, and he faw on every fide good 
dwelling houfes, and flourifhing lands; till flie whowa.s 
called Liberty came, and overthrew the tower; whea 
behold, as it fell, the earth opened to receive it, and 
where it once had ftood, the pilgrim now faw a lake of 
blood, xvhence prefently flowed a llream, which delug- 
ed all the country round. The fruitful fields were no 
• nger to be feen ; and as Liberty, now rifen to a gigan- 
tic height, ftalked proudly through the crimfon flood, 
every houfe at her approach changed its form, and be* 
came a dungeon, more black and more noifome than 
the tower had been which fhe had overthrown ; and in- 
ftead of the few prifoners who had been confined in that 
tower, Good-intent now perceived that half the inhajb- 
itants of the land, with groans which pierced his foul, 
mourned their hopelefs captivity. 

" O, Sir !" cried the pilgrim, « v;hat am I to un* 
derftand by this ? Can this be the work of Liberty ?" 

*' Not, afluredly, of true Libejfy,"' faid the Inter- 
preter, " who is a very different perfonage from her 
whom Mr. Philofonhy and his followers think proper 

G to 



50 THE iPROGRESS Ot tHE 

tocallfuch. T ruz Lihrty, is of celcftial origin ; fli^' 
!s ihc infeparable compAn\6n of Good government, and 
fome of her children are Ptoperty,' Security, and Pub' 
lichal>pinefi, ; but this falfe pretender to her name is 
the nfter of the fiend Anarchy, by whom flie is fent 
fonh, to endeavour, by her enticing wordy, and her 
ningic power, to reduce the whole world under his do- 
iiiinioji. And through the folly and wickedncfs of 
man, and his reitlefs fpirif, ever given to change, her 
conquetts already have been great j infomuch that we 
have feen her, ' as God, fitting in the temple of God.' 
Nay, though wherever fhe has come, the efFeQs of 
her piefence have been fuch as you have now beheld, 
the eyes of the fimple ones are not yet opened ; and 
there are even thofe, who would gladly expel from 
among ihem the true and friendly Liberty^ that they 
might give her place to this pernicious fhadow. But 
be not thou of their number J remembering thai of fuch 
Jt was long fince written, ' while they promife you 
Liberty, they ihemfelves are the fervants of Corrup- 
tion." 

Good-intent affured the Interpreter, that what he 
had fecn would fufficiently fecure him againfl the per- 
fuafion of all who fought to eftablilh the empire of An- 
archy, through the deceits of the forcerefs his fifter. 
" But, Sir,' added he, " what you have fhewn me, 
concerning thcfe two laft lights, has rendered me fo 
much the more impatient to hear what you will tell mc 
of the next j which was the firft thing, of all that I met 
vith in the palace of Mr. Philofophy, whence I deriv- 
ed any fufpicion that I was among thofe who were the 
cneiries of my king ; and though, from that moment, 
I ceafed to give implicit credit to all he faid, yet do 
1 feci that your explanations are very necelTary to fet 
niy mind at eafe, and to relieve it from the evil impref' 
lion which, contiary to my will, he made on it." 

The Interpreter, gladly complying with his requeft, 
then led him away toanother place, whence they could 
ice the woman, who wore on her bveaR the bloody 
crofs, exulting over the afhes of thofe who had been 

con fumed 



PILGRIM GOOD-fNTENT. £- 

confumed by ihc flame which proceeded out of her 
mouth. 

"In this fcene," faid the Interpreter, " more 
clearly than In any other, njay be traced the wiles of 
him who fought your deftruQion. He could not have 
deviled more ejOf'edual means to engage you in that pre- 
tended war, which be profefTes to wage againft 5w« 
perjiition and J) ejp otifm^ ihan by (hewing you, in all 
their horrors, the deeds of this execrable wretch, who 
is indeed, as be told you, the daughter of Suptrjlition^ 
and to whom i)f/5&o/y'?» has frequently delegated his 
power ; but whereas he would have perfuaded you, 
that in this deformed and cruel monfteryou beheld the 
figure of Chriftianiiy, caft your eyes upward, and fee 
whether there be even any fhadow of refemblance, 
fuch as could deceive the moll ijnwary." 

Then Good-intent Jooked up, and he beheld, feat- 
ed above the clouds, another female figure, who in her 
appearance bore the afpeft of an angel of light, and 
the excellence of whofe beauty aflonifhed the eyes of 
all who were able fteadily to look upon her. Celeftial 
love, firm faith, and ecftatic hope, beamed on her 
countenance; and in her hand Ihe bore a banner, 
whereon was infcribcd, ♦' Glory to God in the higheft, 
and on earth peace and good will towards men."' 

Good-intent gazed enraptured on the glorious vif- 
ion ; and the Interpreter again addrefling him, " She 
whom thou now feeft, ' faid he, " is Chrillianity ; and 
fuch as il:ie now appears to thee has fhe ever been ; for 
her heavenly fubllance is fufceptible of no change nor 
decay. But flie who fits belpw, whofe true name is 
Perfecution, has ever been her moft inveterate foe. 
When Chriftianiiy firft appeared to blefs mankind, the 
whole race oi Supdrjiition openly took arms againft her, 
and ftrove to drive her hack to her native abodes ; but 
w^hen, in defpite of fuch enemies, her power prevailedf 
they foon feigned themfelvesher fervants, pftumed the 
cnfigns, and pretended her authority even for the 
(laughter of her own moft faithful friends ; and latter- 
ly, as thou haft already heard, her very name has been 

afcribcd 



5 J THE PROGRESS OF TH^ 

afcribed to this fiend Perftcution^ by thofe who fet their 
iifjouth againft the heavens, and who hope, under that 
pretence, to accomplifli their treacherous defigns 
againft her. But lock attentively, and fee what foK 
lows." 

Then Good-intent looked, and behold! Chriftian- 
ity fpread her wings, and dcfccnded towards ihem in 
all her br ightnefs : as Ihe approached, the earth feem- 
cd to feel her influence, and all things that were on it 
to rejoice in her prefence. Averting her eyes, left they 
ihould he polluted by the fight of her enemy's cruelties, 
ihe alighted on the ground ; and as fhe waved her ban- 
DGTi every veftige of horror quickly vaniftied away; 
and Perjecution her^e^f, dropping the \vrhite garments 
which fiie .had worn but to defile them, and the facrcd 
enfign which her crimes had occafioned the ignorant 
to blafpheme, and appearing in all her native deformii 
ty, fled, pale and trembling, from the face of the of- 
fended power. Then Good-intent locl^ed, to fee 
whiiher (lie would betakq hcrfelf; and much was he 
furpriled to perceive that fhe went ftraight to the houfc 
of Mr. Philofophy ; and behold ! Mr. JPhilofophy hirn- 
felf came forth to meet her ; and having comforted and 
embraced her, he put into her hand a phial, of which^ 
when flie had drank the contents, her ftrength and 
boldnefs were renewed. Then he clothed her in other 
garments; and having put a fword into her hand, he 
j'ent her forth, tq renew her oppreiSons over the fact 
of all the world. 

'• What am I to think of this ?" faid Good-intent ; 
*• Is h pofTible that Mi. Philofophy can have entered 
into a league with her, whofe bloody deeds appeared to 
have infpired him with fo much horror ?" 

" He will (each her to refine on all her former cru-» 
cities," replied the Interpreter ; " for, however he 
might inveigh againft her, while he pretended to con? 
fider her as the minifter of your king, he was all the 
lime well aware how valuable her aljiftance might be 
rendered to his own defigns. He has now, therefV)re, 
engaged her in \\\& fcrvice ; and where his arts fli^Ii 

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PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ^ 

not avail, he will entruft to her the advancement of his 
^aufe, and the propagation of his do6lrines. * 

« But furcly they will not be permitted long to ni- 
umph," faid Good-intent. 

<•• It is not ray office, ' faid tlve Interpreter, *? to de. 
clare to you the times and the ieafons, which are not 
yet made known unto men. For the trial ol the faith 
of the righteous are thefe things permitted on ihe earth ; 
and he wIk) fhall endure unto tUe end, the fame fhall 
be faved. \yherefore, be thoii vigilant; and nei- 
ther fufFer thyfelf to be again fccjuced out of the right 
path by deceitful words, nor to be terrified into a 
wrong one through any apprehenfion of the cruelty 
of Perjtcution-, ihould it fall to ihy lot to be aflaulted 
by her; rerDcmbering by what authority thou haft 
been forewarned " doi to be afraid of them that kill 
the bodvj and afier that have no more that they can 
do ." feeing that He only ought to b,e the objed of thy 
fear, who, " after he hath killed^ hath power alfo to 
calt into hell." 

Is/ow I faw in my dream, that though Good-intent 
was grieved at the thought of the evils which were com- 
ing upon the world, he was yet much comforted in his 
mind, by the view which l||^d been afforded him of the 
tri4e form of Chriftianity ; and having followed hi« 
conduftor to another place, the Interpreter there put 
a glafs into his hands, and b^de him vievy through that 
the fcene before him. 

" It is a glafs," faid be, <« which was made by no 
other than Mr. Philofophy himlelf; and through fuch 
glaffes as thefe did you all behold that lad fcene, orx 
which your enemy particularly depended for the acs 
complifhment of his purpofe. It is true you perceive 
ed them not; for they were by magic art fufpended in 
the air before you, and their tranfparency rendered 
theminvifible to your eyes; and it is in order to ena- 
ble you to judgii of their deceitful effe6ts, that I defirc 
you now to ufe one of the fame kind." 

Good-intent then looking through the glafs, faw that 
numergus company pf men v/ho were feemingly fo 

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&'♦ tllE PROGRESS OF THE 

happy in their captivity^ with the two deformed giants^ 
whofc chains they wore. 

'• Now lay afide that falfe glafs," faid the Inter- 
preter, " and look agajn." 

So he looked again, and behold a difFerent profpeft 
prejented ijtlelf to his eyej. Inftead of the two giants, 
he now faw two grave and venerable perfonages, 
whole whole refeiDblance to them confilted in that one 
wore a crown, arid the odipr a mitre : moreover the 
people no longer appeared opprelTed with any bonds; 
but while they lived in profperity and peace, occupied 
with their farnjs and with their mefchandife, a certain 
number, fome deputed by their fellows, and fomc 
called forward by their prince, affernbled round him 
who wore the crown, and fat with him in council, to 
deliberate on the mcafures rcquifite to be taken for the 
benefit of the whole community ; while he who wore 
the mitre, alfumed no control over the reft, but was 
occupied in inftruBing them with brotherly kindnefs, 
in the duties they owed to their Creator, and to each 
other ; fervently praying to Him who evermore ruleil}, 
in the heavens, for his blcfTingson them qll. 

'' Such as thou feed," faid Mr. Interpreter, <« is the 
ft ate of thole who are fubjelft to Lanful-^Qvernmcnt and 
Church-order ; thofc two venerable pcrions, whom, 
when viewed through Mr. I'hilofophy's faUc glafs, ap- 
peared to thee in the gigantic forms of Dffpottjm and 
Siipcrjlition ; monftcrs, who have indeed comjniiied 
the moll deplorable ravages in the earth, and whofe 
very names aretheiefore calculated to infpirc horror; 
but who have lonor fince been driven far liom the re. 
gions through which thou and thy fellow pilgrims have 
to (ravel ; and if ever they refume their empire, they 
will owe it to Mr. Philofophy himfelf ; who, by fub. 
verting the authoiity of tlvole who now maintain order 
in the world, will leave the nations an cafy prey to 
ihefc cruel invaders, who will fcarccly negletl fuch 
an opportunity of attempting the re-cRablifhment of 
ihf ir lormcr power. The mirror of that phantom, 
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PILGRIM GOODINTENT* 55 

-wiih the fame magical arts as the glafles, through which,- 
unknown co yourlelves, Mr. Philofophy cauled you 
to view the fight which is now before you. The men, 
who had been deluded wilh the appearance of their 
injaginary chains, were on the point of rebelling 
igaind their governors, and of involving ihemfelvca 
with them in one general dcflruflion ; when fortunate- 
ly a perfon, whofe name was Common fcnle, threw a 
ftone, which broke the mirtOr; and immediately the 
fpell was diftolved, and public tranquillity was rcRor- 
cd." 

« But hold," faid Goodsin'enf, '« though you have 
fo clearly {hewn me how falfely thefe things were re^ 
prefenicd to me by Mr. Philolophy, yet, on looking 
ittorc attentively, I difcern fome perfons yonder who 
are loaded with chains of no imaginary weight. Who 
are they ? and wherefore are they thus opprelfed ?'* 

" Thofe," faid ihe Interpreter, *• are a few, who 
<3id not, fo fpeedily as the rcfi, forget what Rights of. 
man had taught them. He had affured them, that of 
every fpecies of property, which they beheld in the 
podieffion of others, they were entitled to their rcfpe61ive 
(hares. That it was allowable for them to help them- 
felves to ihofe fhares, was an inference obvioufly de« 
ducible from fuch a maxim ; but, unluckily for ihem, 
in the ancient archives of the (late, a law was preferved, 
which laid, * Thou (halt not fleal ;' and to the penalties 
impofcd by that law, are they now obliged to lubmit." 

"Their bondage then is jurt," laid Good-intent : 
** yet, if rulers are enirufied with a power to inflifct 
captivity and death, how can any man, who is fnbjett 
to them, confider him'^elf as in a flate of lecurity ?" 

" Thofe rulers whom ihou feed before ihee," faid 
the Interpreter, « have no power to flay or to imprif- 
on any, but fuch as are condemned by jurt laws and 
impartial judges; but were it otherwife, ihy queftion 
"was anfwered long ago by one who lived under a worfe 
government than thou ha't cverfeen: *' Will thou not 
be afraiil of the power? Do that which is good, and 
thou fhalt have praife of the (ame,; for he ii ihe minif- 

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i4 THE TR'OGRESS Of Tiit 

ter of God to thee for good : buf, if tliou doft that 
which is evil, be afraid : for he beareth not the fword 
in vain : For rulers are not a terror to good works, 
but to the evil." Wherefore, iffecuriiy bethydefire, 
Jet it be thy itudy continually to follow after goodnefs, 
meeknefs, temperance : againft fuch, in no country, 
unlefs it be where Philofophy hath cftablifhed his do- 
minion, is there any law." 

Good-intent now declared himfelf entirely relieved 
from all the untafineis which his former imperfeft view 
of things had left upon his mind ; and having moft 
gratefully thanked Mr. Interpreter, for having thus 
opened his eyes to the truth, and given him fo many 
excellent counfels, he profeffed his readinefs to fet for* 
ward again on his journey. 

But the Interpreter invited him to flay with him all 
the remainder of that day : " P or," faid he, «' you 
would at prefent find yourfelf much molefted by thofe 
who were lately your companions, and who, about 
this time, are fetting forth on the expedition to which 
Mr. Philofophy hath impelled them ; but they will foon 
turn into a different road, and to-morrow morning yoa 
may refume your journey in peace. I cannot, in- 
deed, promife you that you will travel very far before 
you fall in with fome of thofe who are enemies to your 
king, of whom there are many bands, fpreadirig them, 
lelves far and wide over the whole country through 
which you are to pafs ; but though it will be your duty 
firmly to refift fuch, whenever they attempt either forci- 
bly or fraudulently to turn you from your way, it is yet 
unneceiiary that you fhould voluntarily encounter the 
firU fury of the mad troop which is now about to iffue 
forth, andofv.hich, if it will gratify you, I can alford 
you a fpeedy view." 

Good-intent being defirous to fee them, the Inter- 
preter led him to an upper chamber, from which they 
locked diredly towards the houfe of M'. Philofophy, 
and co.ild cjlfo defcry a confiderable portion of the 
high road. And prefently they faw Mr. Philofophy's 
gates thrown open, and a numerous company of men 

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riLCIlIM GOOD-INTENf. 57 

^ufii forth. There appeared among ihem perfono of all 
conditions; and. Good intent foon diftinguifhed, in 
the n)idft of.the band, thofe whom he had left behind 
him the day tefore in the black temple : he alfo obferv- 
ed many others whom he Had feen among the giiefts 
of Mr. Philofophy at fupper; and particularly he re- 
marked the men with the fierce countenances, who had 
fat apart from the reft, and who wore daggers in their 
girdles. ' Thefe were nov; mingled wiih the others in 
one troop : there were, moreover, many women in the 
company ; but all bore in their hands forrie inftrument 
9F deaihj which they waved above tlieir heads with 
hideous yellings ; frequently intermixing with theic 
cries, the molt horrid blafphemies againil Him who 
feigns on high, and threats againft all men on the earth^i 
fucH only excepted 3.1 (hould, like themfelve.s, ac- 
knowledge ho other lords ihan Aiheifih and Anarchy. 
Good- intent was aftonilhed to fee that thofe who had 
been fo rccei"»tly his own companions, were animated 
by the fame frantic fplric as the reft; and he could not 
forbear expreffing to the Interpreter his furprife, that, 
in fo fliort a time, they fhould have made fo great a 
progrefs iii ferocity; for though he had beheld with 
abhorrerice their apoitafy from their King, he had yet 
thought fome of them of too mild a nature to be per- 
fiiaded to join in the excefles of this defperate crew. 
. " When men have once abjured the prote8iun of 
their Creator," faid the Interpreter, " they fall precip- 
itately from one wickednefs to another, while there is 
none to uphold them. Thefe inen, you may remember, 
\Vere impatierit to receive from Anarchy the fwords, 
ihfe very toiich of which, Mr. Philofophy afiTured them, 
v;ould p'rcdiice fiich wonderful effects ; and in fa6r, 
wiih fuch powerful drUgs were thofe fwords charmed, 
ihat, inftantly on their grafping them, ihey were all in, 
fpired with the moft outrageous fury ; infomuch that 
Mr, Philofophy himfelf could fcarcely rellrain them 
from falling open each other in his prefence. He foon, 
however, rtcovercd his influence over ibem, and Aic- 
ceeded in turning their rage againft his enerriie?, whom 
ihey are now Tallying forth to aisack." 

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58 TtlJE. PROGRESS OF THE 

''And whiiher will they go?' demanded Good. 
intent. 

<« They will continually be led on by delufive fhad- 
owsj" anfwered the Interpreier ; "and imagining that 
they fight again ft Defpotijm and Superjlitidn, they will 
wage war againft all who maintain the caufe o{ Lawful. 
goterninsnt and Church-order^ and endeavour to over- 
throw their fway in all countries Where they are own- 
ed, ercfling in their ftesid that of Aiheifm and Anarchy ; 
ray, fuch is their arrogance, that they think even to 
dethrone the King of the Cckjiial City, to whom heaven 
and earth are fubjeft.— But wait till thou fhalt enter 
into the ran6luary of God ; then wilt thou utiderftand 
the end of thefe men." 

Then 1 beheld that the interpreter bade Good-intent 
lock along the road, on the which he was to travel j 
and at a diftance before them, he faw a high hill. 

<J That," faid the Interpreter, " is the hill Difficulty^ 
which thou miift afcend ; but Caft thine eyes to the 
left, on thofe dark mountains, to which the path leads 
which is called DeJlruUioUi and obferve that ftcep and 
craggy one, which towers above all the reft ; that is 
the mountain of Revohticii, The afcent of it is the 
firft enterprife which thofe mad men muft achieve \ 
and hence truly it may plainly appear, that the children 
of this world are ever more regardlefs of toil, than the 
children of light; for fe\v labours await thee in thy 
pilgrimage, worthy to be compafed with this, which 
ihey are about to undertake. All the pafTes about the 
bottom of the rhountain are guarded by the troops of 
Lawjul-government, who will fally forth, and grievouf- 
ly annoy them : if they prevail againft thofe, they will 
afterwards climb up ftippery paths, by the edge of ter- 
rible precipices, where huge fragments of rock arc 
continually giving way, and overwhelming travellers 
with fudden ruin ; and even on the very fummit of the 
mountain, there are many dangerous bogs, nay, and 
that where the grafs appears the greeneft, where, if a 
man chance to tread, he fuddenly finks to rife no , 
more. \\'hercas ihy path, though it be difficult, 

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toGRIM GOOD'INTENr, 5I 

Is fafe, and thou haft ihe aflurance that the end therCf 
of will be eyerlafting life. Be not thou, therefore, 
■weary in well doing; while ibofe who do ill, neither 
faint through fatigue, nor (uffer themfelves to be turn- 
ed back by the fear of any danger." 

Good-intent promifed the Interpreter he would nev. 
er be unmindful of his counfels; and then, defcend- 
ing from the houfe top, the old gentleman led ^is gueft 
jnto the parlour, where by that time dinner was ready, 
Af«er they had rifen fron? table, he fhewed him moll 
of thofe fights which he had heretofore fhevyn to Chrif- 
tian, and to Chriftiana his wife, that through them the 
pilgrim's refolution might be the farther ftrengthened ; 
and leading him into his garden, he there caufed him to 
drink of the waters of a well, which was called the well 
of Tiiiih ; and after that draught, the pain of the hurts 
which he had received in the palace of Mr. Philofo? 
phy, which was already greatly abated, was entirely 
jremoved, fo that he felt them no longer. 

They fpent the reft of the evening in profitable con- 
ycrfation ; with \yhich Good-intent was fo gregtly de- 
lighted, that, had not the difcouifeof the Interpreter 
redoubled his impatience to proceed on his journey, 
be could have been well contented to have pafTed the 
remainder of his life in his company. In the morning 
he arofe early ; and going to take le^ve of his kind hoft, 
he fell himfelf unable, fufificiently to exprefs thp grati- 
tude he owed him ; but the Interpreter told him, that 
the moft certain evidence he could give him of it, 
would be by the conftant obfervance of his counfels; 
and then, bidding hiip God fpeed, he fufibred him ip 
depart. 

Now I faw in my dream, that the young man went 
forck'ards with a good pace ; and for a little way he 
could plainly trace the footfteps of Mr. Pbilofophy-s 
furious followers, who had pa(t by the day before ; 
who, as they went, had torn down the fences on either 
fide of the road, and done v,rhat mifchief they could in 
the lands adjoining : but he perceived that they had 
turned oqt of that road before they came to the Crofsy 

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6Q -THE PIiOGR.]^3S p-F T^£ 

and ^ntered a lane on i^e ' left hand, which was tbcif 
neaireit way to the mountain of Revolution. 

He was glad to lofe for a time al! traces of them ; 
and continuing to go on, he foon came to the place 
where ChriUian's burden had fallen o(F his back. 
Inhere he (topped: and renewing at the foot of the 
crof^ all his good refolutions, he humbly implored for 
himlelf a participation in thofc benefits, w-hich, ihrougH 
5t, had been procuired for all, who with true, penitent 
liearts, and a lively faith, were followers of Him, by, 
•whom pply comeih falvation. After he had thus con- 
linue4 a while in prayer, be rofe, feeling himfelf in^- 
"wardly much flrengihened, and proceeded on his 
journey.' '■ • ' * " 

He had not gone (ar, when he perceived before him 
a youth, who appeared nearly of his own age, and who 
^vas travelling the fame Way with himfelf, but very lei- 
iurely ; fan he was bufied in maliing a garland of rofc 
buds, which he haflened id gather ^efoire they wither^ 
td, to adorn his hair withal ; and, thus employed, he 
paid little attemiph to his goings, fcjutilepped, fome- 
jiines to the right, and fometimes to the left, without 
regarding where he fet his foot. "\Vhen he law Good- 
intent, however, he was much rejoiced, and threw 
r,w2y his flowers, lioping to fin^ greater amufement. in 
the company of a young pilgrim of fo pleafant a couti- 
tenance. Cood,inieni alio greeted him fairly, and in- 
quired whether he were bound, lil^e himfelf, to the 
Cde/IialCily. , • • ■ 

" Cer!njnIy,V anfwcred the youth ; '« for fince I find 
that I mufl needs, fome time or other, quit the plealant 
li^nd of my nativity, 1 would rather go to that city than 
tilfewhere. Y.et 1 have hitherto found, the road fo dull, 
that I have been manv times in the mind to turn back." 
'; I hope not,' faid Good-intent ;" 1 hope you are 
r,ot focarelefs of your own eteriial f^fetyj as to enier;. 
"lain any fucb perilous thoughts." • 

« O ! not now," j>id tb.c young man ; « not while 
J have you for a companion; for, truly, I like}our 
looks ; and I am perfuaded that we fliall foon becotne 
gi eat friends, and walk on very plcalantly together." 



PILGRIM GOOD -INTENT. 61 

Good intent v/;isnot alcogether fo well pleafed with 
his new ailociate, as his new affociate was wiih him ; 
}'et, (eeing thai they ^ere travelling the lame way, and 
ihai the young man exprefTed To friendly a dilpolhion 
iowaids him, he returned him a fuitable anfwer, and 
•was conienjed for the prefent lo walk on in his com- 
pany. Then the/ alked each other of their names and 
extraSion : and the young man faid that his name was 
Li«ht.mind, <^nd that he came from the town of Thov.gkt- 
leJJ'riefs, \n ihQV^licy of Idicnefs. " " ' 

Good-intent. " And what adventures have you met 
with fincc you fet out from yOiir own country ?' ' " 

Light onind- " Adventures ! Truly none ; unlefs you 
call it an adventure to walk (Irait forwards by myielf, 
and hear the croakings of the ravens in the hedges. ' 

Cood-inUnt. " How! Did Mr. Philofophy let yoii 
pat's •\vithout making an attempt to inveigle you into 
his paiace ?" " ' - 

Light-mind. '' O! you mean the large new houfe, 
that Itandson the left fide of the way. Why, indeed, 
as J palled over a h:-idge near the gate, a man came 
forth to me, and counfelled me to drink of the water 
ofrhe ftream; but I was not thirfty, neither was the 
water inviting to mine eyes; fo I refufed : however, 
he ilill went on perruading me, if I would not drink, 
yet to go to the hoiife ; and as he told mp I fhould be 
well entertained there, I might podibly have confented 
to follow him, had I not {qq.x\ a corripany of tiien walk- 
incT in the pleafure-grounds, who, he faid, wereforaie 
of his raaftcr's chief friends; &nd a irnore fhabby, beg- 
garly fer, I never beheld. So a0'uring itiyfelf there 
could be no cotripany there, fit for a gentleman to af- 
iociate with, I would not demean myfcif by going 
among them, but walked on in ir.y own road. Then 
he who had been talking wiih me, reviled me, and 
went his way," ' 

Good intent. '< I would I jiad been as cafily offend- 
ed as you were, by the ill-favoured appearance of thofe 
men ; for by what motive fo^ver I had been withheld 
from entering the palace qf their mader, it would in 

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the end have fpared roe much uneafinefs. But I con- 
clude you went afterwards to the houfe of the Interpre- 
ter; for befides the profit to be reaped there, reft an4 
refrefhment muft h^ve been very neceffary to you on 
your journey." 

Light-mind. <• Not I, if^dced I What amuferaent 
could one of my years find in the company of that old 
grey-beard? Half a century hence, perhaps, fuch a 
companion may be very [uiiable to me; but, for the 
prefent, rather than give myfeif the trouble of paying 
for my lodging by patiently liftening to hjs long ftoricy, 
I chofe to put up with a green bank for my pillow j 
and, as for a fupper, I was at no lofs on thgt fcore. fince 
I have, as you fee, this wallet, which was plentifully 
filled with the moft dainty food by my mother JnduU 
^ence, before I fet out upon my pilgrimage/' 

Now, I faw in my dream, that Good-intent was 
much offended to hear his good friend, the Interpreter, 
fpoken of thus lightly : fo he took his* part with great 
ivarmih, and endeavoured to convince his companioti 
how much he had been in the wrong in neglefting to 
vifit him, as he had pafTed his houfe : ** And it is much 
to be feared," faid he, " that if you now avoid fuch 
company, becaufe you are yqung, when you (hall have 
lived through the (lalf century which yoij fo confidentv 
]y promife yourfelf, you may no longer h^ve it in 
your power to obtain ^dmilTton to it." He then 
went on to fpeak of the great advantages v;hich he him- 
lelf had derived from his vifit to the Interpreter; and 
Light-mind heard him with fuch ready acqaiefcence, 
that Good-intent conceived great hopes thai he fiiould 
foon be able to prevail with hirn to adopt very different 
fcntiments. So they went on, till they came to the 
foot of the hill Difficulty^ the fight of vvhich did rather 
invigorate the fpirits of* Good-intent, who was eager to 
prefs forward and gain the fummit ; but its fteepnels did 
forely difmay his companion, who profefled himfelf 
unable to attempt the afccnt. Good-intent earhelUy 
conjured him not to fuffer himfelf tp be [o cafily oif- 
couraged,. nor to give up all the advantages, in the 

hope 



PILGRIM GOOD-iNTENT. (j* 

bope of which he had proceeded fo far on his pilgrim- 
age, rather than encounter a litils difficulty ; and he 
even offered to affifl him in climbing, though his own 
toil would be thereby fo greatly increafed. 

On this, Light-mind was afhamed to refufe any long^ 
e.r : " Bui at leaft," faid he, " let me fit awhile by 
this fountain, to take a little ref!, before I attempt an 
enterprife fo iroublefome ; for you ought to confider, 
that you have been (pending thefe lali two nights at the 
houfe of the Interpreter, where you tell me you found 
yourfelf fo mightily at your eafe; whereas I have had 
no better a bed than the bare ground, fince I firfl fet 
out from the houfe of my kind mother. Since^ therefore, 
I have not partaken of the fame refrefhments as you, 
it is natural that I Ihould feel myfelf more overcome by 
the fatigues of the way : wherefore let me reft myfelf a 
little, and afterwards I will go forward with you." 

Good-intent made no objedion to this propofal, 
though on his own account he felt little inclination for 
reft. So they fat down by the fide of the fpring, and 
Light-mind opened his wallet, and took out fome 
cakes ; but Good-intent had a bunch of dried fruit, 
which had been given to him by the Interpreter ; and 
I faw that each did offer to the other, part of his fare, 
but each liked his own the beft : fo ihey did eat and 
rcfrefh themfclves, and ihey drank of the water of the 
fpring. 

While they were thus fitting, on a fudden they heard 
on Cheir righihand a noife of melodious mufic, which 
^as as that of many indruments, fkilfully played on, 
and Well accorded together, accompanying the voice 
of a finger, which in fweetnefs far furpalfed them ail. 
By degrees the found drew nearer; and the pilgrims 
rifing, and advancing a few paces towards it, they dci^. 
cried coming down the path that was called Danger, a 
company of beautiful nymphs, of whom fome were the 
muficians who formed this rare concert, and the reit, 
dancing to the meafure, encircled one, who appeared 
to be their miftrefs, and who walked in the midft with 
a more than ftatcly deportment. Lighismind was 

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«4 THE PROGRESS 0? THx.'. 

tranfported wiihjoy at the fight of this goodly coriipa- 
Jiy ; but Good-iiiteni had learned to trull Isfs to ap- 
pearances; and though the nymphs feemcd as fair in 
bis eyes, as ihey did in thole of his companion, yet 
the firfl (hought wiijch arofe in his mind, as he beheld 
ihem, was a reloluiion that he would nor, for their 
fakes, be perfuaded to turn afide from the way, v^hich 
he knew to be ihe right one. 

They foon came up to the fpot where the pilgrims 
flood; and the nymphs falling back, their miftfels ad= 
vanced, and fairly accofted the two young men. She 
■was a gentlewoman of a roarveHous good mein, and 
though Ihe was not by nature of a fair complexion, 
that defeat was abundantly fupplied by art : fhe had a' 
haughty air, yet withal a very enticing fmile : flie was-, 
i^orecverj very fantaftically clad ; but what feemed 
the ftrangeft to the pilgrims \vas, that, while they look- 
ed at her, they beheld her garments aflhming every 
moment a new fhape or hue : even the colour of her 
hair changed before their eyes; and, inftead of a lap- 
dog, file carried a cameleon in her arms. 

" Gentleman,"' laid fiie to the pilgrims, " I will not 
affront perfons of yOur figure fo much, as to fuppofe 
you have not heard of me ; though tn regard that you' 
are young, and have but newly entered into ihe world, 
you have not yet prelented^youi'felves at my court, to 
pay me the homage which I claim from all. 1 am call, 
ed the Lady Fajliion : ihele nymphs, whom you fee iii 
my train, are the PUafurcs : all people of condiiionac- 
knowledge me as their fovereign ladv and mi Ore fs : 
wherefore I doubi nor but that you will rejoice in the 
opportunity I now offer you of making me amends for 
"Vour pail neglr6t, and of fpeedily attaining the high 
honors to which it is my cuHom to exalt my favour- 
ites." 

'• We are beholden to you. madam," anfwered 
Good-inreni, " for the couriefy you defign us; but, 
before we accept it, ^^e niuft know what homage it is 
that you expeft from us, for wc cannont Terve two mat- 
ters; neither will we leave him who has bound us 
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PILGIIIM GOOD-WTENT. ' 65 

tjnto him by fo many benefits, and from whom we look: 
for our everlafting reward, to put ourfelves under 
fach fubjeftion to any other, as may alienate lis fropi 
that undivided obedience which we owe unto him.' 

<* Are you mad," whifpered Light-mind to Good- 
intent, " to anfwer fo fine a Lady fo uncivilly ?" 

Then faid the Lady Fa/liion^ *' You need entertain 
no apprehenfions that 1 ihall engage you in any ac- 
tions which can draw upon you the anger of your 
prince ; for though I do not rigidly infift that my vota- 
ries (hall acknowledge his autnorit)/, yet, if it pleafes 
themielves to do fo, I by no means obje£l to it, but 
permit them openly to profefs themfelves his fubjefl.s 
and to obey fuch of his injunftions as are reafonable, 
and not improper to be obferved by perfons of a cer- 
tain rank. All indeed that I require of thofe Whom 
I favour, is, that they wear fuch garments as I chufe for 
then), and conform to my direftions in a few more tri- 
fles, equally indilferent ; and, in return, I admit them 
to my bower, and fhew them an eafy and pleafant path 
through the groves of D'Jfipaiion^ whereby ihey may 
proceed on their journey, without giving themfelvcs 
the trouble of climbing up this deep and craggy hill, a 
labour only fit to be undertaken by thofe vulgar pil- 
grims, wbofe prefence would difgrace-my court." 

Then 1 faw in my dream, that Good-intent beheld 
her with indignation, and faid, " It is indeed true, O 
vain and deceitful woman ! that the firlt compliances 
which thou doft demand, appear light and harmlefs ; and 
as we defire to live peaceably with all men, we would 
readily avail ourfi^lves of the liberty which is given 
to us to confent to ihy will in all matters really indiffer- 
ent ; but, in requiring us to turn afide from the way of 
our Lord, thou doft iufficiendy difcover to us thy evil 
purpofes; for thofe v/ho truly honor him, efteem none 
ofhismjunftions unreafonable ; but, remembering that 
with him is no refpeft of peifons, will never imagine 
that any worldly rank can exempt its pQlLdbr from the 
obligation, to which all men are equally fubje6l, to keep 
the whole lav/. Wherefore, if thou and thy train re- 

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66 THE PROGRESS OF IHt 

fufe to afcend this mcunlain wi:h us, ihy invitations tc? 
us are vain, for wc can in no wife confem to walk with 
thee/' 

*' And why fhould you efteem it fo neceffary," re- 
plied the Lady FaJInon^ " to afcend that dreary moun- 
tain? Or, if you are right at thelaft, what can it figni- 
fy which path you take at the heginning of your jour- 
ney ? The road which I fliall fhew, you winds round 
the foot of the hill Difficulty ; and, avoiding that dan- 
gerous fwamp, the valley of Humiliation^ is both the 
fafeft, and the pleafanteft, by which you can travel to 
the town of Vanity.^ through which, as it is known to ev- 
ery body, you muft neceffarily pafs in your way to the 
Cekjlial Country ; and having once reached that town, 
and partaken a while of its delights, you will afterwards 
be free to purfue your journey onwards, by whatfoev- 
er path you chufe." 

Then Good-intent looked at the tKountain, and ij 
appeared to him more dreary than at firft ; for its fum- 
mit was clad with ftormy clouds, while below the air 
was clear, and no wind was felt, fave a light breeze, 
"which wafted the mod delegable perfumes from the 
groves of DiJJipation. But the pilgrim bethought him- 
lelf of his book; and, when he opened it, he found 
written therein, ^' The faihion of this world pa ffeth 
away ;" " but he that doeth the will of God, abideth 
for ever." Then was his heart fortified in his good re- 
folutions, and he refufed to liften any longer to the per- 
iuafions of feducers ; but looking round for Light- 
mind, that he might lead him alfo forward in the way 
wherein he was purpofed to walk himfelf, he found 
him not; for iwo damfels in the train of lajhion^ Pomp 
and Luxury by name, had enamoured the fimple 
youth, who had paid little attention to the argu- 
ments of his companion, and were leading him in tri- 
umph towards their miftrefs's bower. 

When Good-intent at laftdef'cried him, in his eager- 
nefs to overtake him and call him back, he ran fome 
paces after him. Then Fojliion-i hoping that, thowgb 
he had at firll rtfifted her allurements, he might nev- 

erthelefs 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ^f 

^nhelefs be vanquiflied as eafily as Light.mind had 
been by ihe charms of her nymphs, commiflioned them 
to ufc all their arts to cnfnare him ; and I faw in my 
dream, that, obedient to their Queen's command, 
Amifement danced around him, and, feizing his hand, 
fporiively courted him to join her revels ; and Tajie^ 
approaching on the other fide, offered to lead him to 
ihofe delicious grove^ which her Hull had adorned, 
where flie would cull for him the faireft flowers, and 
where delights, unknown to vulg^ fouls, invited his 
enjoyment. 

Goodrintent was nearly overcome. He was now 
within fight of the verdant walks of the groves ofDiJ/i^ 
Ration, which were thronged with crowds of people in 
the moft fplendid drelTes, and in which he beheld 
Light-mind furrounded by a new company of damfels, 
not clad in the virgin robes which were worn by thofe 
who had at firft appeared, but decked with the gaudy 
and fhamelefs attire of harlots ; two of ihefe, obfervs 
ing the approach of Good-intent, advanced to the en- 
trance of the grove, as if to receive him ; and he per- 
ceived that they beckoned to his condudlreffes, who 
anfwering the fignal, quickened their pace, and drew 
him more forcibly along. Now fhe, whom Amiifc^ 
znent thus haftened to ineet, was known by her hag- 
gard looks and flufhed complexion, her intemperate 
laugh, and her half frantic geftures, to be Excefs ; while 
Prodigality, fcaiiering gold with both her hands, and 
catching in its (lead at a few baubles of imaginary value, 
was the nymph to whom Tajle was hurrying to prefent 
(he pilgrim. 

But the fight ofthefe new affociates recalled reflec- 
tion to his bofom. He perceived that Light-mind had 
advanced too far to be reclaimed by his warning voice ; 
and he became confcious that he was no longer drawn 
forward by any hope of faving his companion, but by 
the charms of the plcafures, to which he had too eafily 
yielded. Then he remembered that it was written, 
*« He that refifteth pleafures, crowneth his life ;" and, 
inftantly breaking from the grafo of his feducers, he 

turned 



eS THE PROGRESS OF THE 

\ ', "' ' ■■"■ ^'•. 

turned his back, on the alluring groves, and ran with 
air bis fpeed towards' the place where the dangerous 
company firft had met him ; nor, though Beauty and 
Ekgance placed ihemfelves in the way to attract his 
/eye, and Harmony chanted her fweeteft; notes to charm 
Jh.is ear, would he once ftop or look back till he had 
^jeached the foot of the hill Difficulty, which he imme- 
diately began to afcend ; while Fa/Iiion, provoked that 
he had efcaped her fafcinations, confoled herfelf by 
making him her laughing {lock, and declaring that 
ihe had -herfelf expelled him from her boundaries, as a 
perfon unworthy to affociate wiih her cholen band. 

Regardlefs of her feoffs, he purfued his way, and 
climbed up the fleep mountain with great alacrity, til), 
panting with fatigue, he was obliged to flacken his pace 
that he might recover breath. And he now found that 
the difficulty of his way v/as greater than he had atfirfi 
imagined; for, by reafon of a long continuance of 
dry weather, the grafs, wherewith the path he had 
chofen was overgrown, was become very flippery ; fo 
that, as he erid^avoured to climb, he frequently Aid 
back, and could fcarcely fave himfelf from dangerous 
falls. Then he began to lament himfelf, and even to 
doubt whether jt would not have been more fafe for 
him to have remained in the valley where the Pleujures 
abode, than to have attempted to climb a height too 
diihcuk for him to attain : but endeavouring to dif- 
mifs this thought from his mind, he cried for help to 
Him, who never rejefts the prayers of humble pil. 
grifiis; and was about to redouble his exertions, when, 
raifing his eyes, he faw before him a man, whofe rai>- 
ment was offdckcloib, and whofe fpare thin body was 
waded with long continued abftinence ; but his ftera 
iind lov;ering afpe^t infpired Good-intent with difmay. 

** Young man," faid he, accofling the pilgrim, " thy 
attempt to afcend this mountain is laudable; but thy 
nerves are relaxed by the air of the valley below, and 
"Viihout aiTiflance thy labours will be vain. To afford 
fupport to fainting travellersjis the office to which I am 
i^ppcintcd by the Lord of this way. If, therefore, 

thou 



P1LGR.I^1 GOOD INTENT. ij? 

thou haft the courage, lean on this ftafF, and follow 



ir.e. 



Now the ftaff which he offered to Good-intent, vas 
thickly bcfet with thorns; and, the path into which he 
led hiin was, one, which indeed went ftraii towards the 
fummit of (he hill, but it was fo rugged, and ftrewed 
with fuch fliarp pebbles, that he could fcarcely endure 
to v/alk in it. Yet, fearing to iej(6l a guide whom his 
King had appointed to condu6t him, he obeyed him 
wiih little hcfitaiion, only dcfiring to linow his name ; 
and when the ftranger replied that it was SdJ-denialf 
Good intent remembered that he was one with whom 
the faithful fervants of his Lord had ever delighted to 
wali<. So he took the thorny ftaff; and though he 
could not lean on it without pain, yet he found hirn- 
felf perceptibly ftrengihened by the hidden virtues with 
which it was endued : and he walked forward in die 
rugged path, where he was no longer in any danger of 
falling, but found firm footing for his Ueps. He had 
not proceeded far, before the (lef p and difficult afcent 
was becoT e as eafy to him, as c\ cr he had found it to 
walk on level ground ; the thorns, which at fird had 
pierced his hand, were blunted ; and as he viewed 
his guide, his harfh features appeared to fofien, and to 
invite familiarity, as much as at firft they had exciced 
terror. 

Good-intent could not forbear exprcHing his furprifc 
at the alteration ; and Scif-daual, fmiliog with an air 
of benignity, replied unto him, *' It is true, that ihole 
who are ftrangers to me do in general fuppofe me iheir 
enemy ; and thofe only difcpver in me a friend, whole 
zeal for their King induces them to prefer the afcent 
of this moun»ain to the flowery paths of the Phafures." 

"Alas, Sir!" faid Good=intenr, <'• I fear ihat I 
have little claim to the kindncfs which has been fhewn 
.into me, feeing that I did myfelf wander from the 
hrait road, in the.company of thofe bewitching darnfels ; 
and though I quitted them at laft, I know not vv* .at de- 
gree of guilt I may have cpnust^(;dj by fuH'ering 
them to lead me fo far." 

t« f eaj- 



fO THE PROGRESS OF TH£ 

" Fear not," replied the guide ; " the PUafures ar$ 
liarralefs companions, 'lili fuch time as they introduce 
their votaries to the Vices ; who compofed that feconci 
female band which you beheld in the grove of l)ijjt:^ 
fiation. Thofc of the firft company, had you not 
'^quitted them when you did, would foon have forfakea 
you ; for they feldom venture beyond the out{kirts 
of that dangerous grove, becaufe Vexation-of-JpiriU a 
fiend, whole very afped is fatal to them, is cpniinually 
fialking through iis paths. Though, therefore, at the 
command of Fajhion^ they frequently condu6l unwary 
pilgrims thither, they enter not themfelves; nor in- 
rieed, though they are now in qilliance with the Vice^ 
do they talsie any delight in their focieiy ; for they 
were originally ;*uendant on the Virtues ; from whofc 
iervice, though they have been feduced, they flill me^t 
ihem with joy, and often affociate with them : nay, 
fometimes, difgufted with the caprices oi Fq/Jiion, who 
vainly boafts her empire over them> they quit hej- 
train, and walk for a confiderabe way with pilgrim? 
who are travelling towards the Celejlial City. But 
though, for a fpafon, it is not forbidden to converfe 
with them, yet, in their prefent degenerate ftate, they 
^re companions whom it is dangerous to entertain with- 
out continual fufpicion and millruft ; fince he, who, 
regardlels of the prize of his high calling, becomes a 
lover of pieafure more than a lover of God, fooij 
learns to content himfelf with earthly joys, and no 
longer feeks thofe nobler Pkafiires which are above ; 
but, following ihefe blind and inconttant guides, i« 
fooner or later feduced into forbidden paths, where he 
finally makes ihipwreck of his hopes, and becomes 2\ 
jniferable caftaway." 

"Butjl pray you,"faid Good-intent, *« fince you have 
had the kindnefs to impart fo much unto me, tell me 
yet farther who this Lady Fajhion is, and what can be 
her mqtive for defiring to entice fo many innocent pil- 
grims into the path of Danger ? 

« To refolve this queilion," anfwered Self-denial.^ 
** 1 mu{t remind you, that, as fhe herfelf did craftily 

urge 



HLGRIM GOOD-INTENT. ri 

Tjrge unto you, the road to the CdeJlialCity lies through 
(be (own of Vanity. Now, when your anceftor Chnf- 
tian'pafled that way, he found the whole town in fub- 
jeEiion to its prince Beelzehub'f and all the men who 
dwelt there, enemies unto ihofe whofervcd the heaven- 
ly King ; but after that Fait hfulhdd, by his death, glo- 
rioufly given leftimony to the truth,many were convert- 
ed unto it; infomuch, that when Chriftiana and hep 
tompany came there, they met with very hofpitable en- 
tertainment at the houfe of Mr. Alanfon, and found 
many good friends, with whom ihcy fpent pleafantly 
all the time which it was meet they fhould pafs at that 
place. The number of thefe favourers of pilgrinas has 
ever fince continued to increafe, to the gi'eai injury of 
the fair which is held there, and ofthofe who traffic im 
the kind of merchandife which is expofed in it for fale ; 
travellers who are on their way to a better country, 
not caring to encumber themfelves with fuch vain and 
perifhable commodities. Wherefore, upon a time 
Beelzebub himfelf called together the chief men of his 
party in the town, and bade them devife fome means 
of remedy ; and fome laid on this wife, and fome on 
that. But when none of them could propofe any ef- 
feftual expedient, this Lady Fafiion appeared, and prc- 
fenied herfelf before the council. Now fhe was a 
perfon well known in the town, being the daughter of 
Madam Bubble, (fhe that had almoft been too hard for 
Standfajl the pilgrim) and moreover nearly related toall 
the chief families of the place : Beelzebub^ therefore, 
did really grant her an audience ; and (he reprefented 
that the molt proper feafon to attack pilgrims, and to 
firiveiofeducethem from their Lord, was not when they 
had proceeded fo far on their journey as to have reached 
that pUce, but rather when they were fir(t bc^ginning to 
perceive fhe difficulty of the way they had chofen; and 
ihe obferved that the path called Z)<a77^(;r, which turned 
off at the foot of this mountain, did indeed lead fo the 
town of Vanity, but to a quarter of it remote from ihofe 
ftreets, through which lay i)r\e. losd^o iht CekJlialCity . She 
therefore propofed to engage the Plcajarc!> lu her train, 

and 



r2 ti-it: PROGHiss OF tH£ 

and 10 lie in vvait r.car the fpot where fhe met you, for 
young and unwary pilgrims ; and her fcheme proving 
a.ccep;able to her prince, he immediately empowered 
her to execute it. And her i'uccefs has been anfwer- 
able to her promifes : you approached f'utficienily near 
to the grove of J)ijj>paiicni to fee how numerous a com- 
pany vi>as adembied iliere. When thofe whom (he 
has feduced firft enter it, every objeft appears to them 
as delightful as it feemcd to you ; but the Tcene foon 
alters, as the Plcafures vanifh. Of ihofe who are en^ 
ticed thiiher, fome, loHng fight of ihofe gay nymphs, 
are met by Vexation-fif-fpirit^ from whom, though they 
ily, they find it impollible to avoid him ; till, harrail. 
cd by his continual purfuit, a few ol them bethink 
themfclves of returning to the right way, and having 
regained if, are even more zealous in walking therein, 
than thofe who never have forfaken it. But the great- 
er part of the votaries of Fq/Jiion becotne an eafy prey 
to that fecond company of damfels, fent forth by Btel- 
xebiib himfelf to compafs their ruin. Thofe whom you 
faw at the entrance or the grove. Mrcre the lealt de- 
formed of their band : had you advanced further, you 
Vv'ould have .met v;ith Rcvellingy Drunkcnr.ffsj Irre- 
ligiouy Immorality <i ConUmpt-cf parents^ Pride, Con. 
tcniion, Sabbath-breaking^ /tdultery-, with many more, 
whofe very names it is irklome to report. Had you 
formed any fellowfhip with ihcfe, you would immedi* 
ateiy have fallen under fubjefclion to the power of their 
infernal mailer, nor would any polhbility of efcape 
have remained for you, but by climbing up the pre. 
cipitous rock of Repentance^ in comparifon with which, 
the afcent of this hill of Dijficultv is eafy and pleafan^. 
"Till in the fouiitains of water which gulh forth from its 
clefts, you had wafhed away every ftain which you 
had contrail ed from the Vices with whoru you had af- 
fociated ; the Furies, Guilt, Rfmorje^ and Dcjpo'iidevccy 
V^'ould have purhied you with their {naky whips f and 
even when you had gained ihe fummit, Ill-habit would 
have alfaulted you, with the intent to hurl you back- 
wards intc) the abyfs below. But greater" terrors await 

ihofe, 



fILGRiM GOOD-INTENT, 73 

ihofe, who either want courage to tread the path o^Repsn* 
tajice, or who, delighting in the company of che Vices, 
blmdiy follow whiiherfoever they lead. As ibey ad- 
vance fariher in the way of Danger Extravagance 
hurries fome into the pitfalls of Rum ; while Gairung 
fpreads her nets for others, in which, when they find 
themfelves entangled, they madly feize the dagger of 
Suicide- Others, mifled by FaJfc -honor ^ are (uddersly 
cut off by the murderous hand of Duelliiig ; and thofe 
who eicape thefe deaths, yet have to encounter Dif' 
eafe ; a many headed dragon, who opens to devour 
them his hundred mouths, each dropping a different 
butmortr^l poifon. The few who furvive and reach the 
town of P^aniiVi are ftill followed by their never weary 
perfecutor, Vexation of fpirit ; they are eager to efcape 
from him ; yet, finding ia the part of the town which 
they have entered, no traces of the road which ihey had 
formerly been told led to the Cdsjiial City, they are de- 
terred from any attempt to (eek for it, by Evil-confcience^ 
who whifpers to them, that if any fuch road exilts, 
they will no longer be di^emed worthy to walk in it. 
They therefore gladly follow the guides, whom the 
prince of that place provides for thdm : by whom they 
are led back through bye ways, to the houfe of Mr. 
Philofophy, which you pafled before you arrived ac 
the Interpreter's; and there Ignorance and Folly con- 
du61 them blindfold into the black teiuple of Aiheifm, 
where they remain till the period when they are taken 
thence, to be referved in everlafting chains, under 
darknefs, unto the judgment of the great day. Such 
are the fates which a a ait thofe who follov/ earthly 
P/^fl/ur^j into forbidden paths; while the voice o^ Jvy 
and Health is continually in the dwellings of the righte- 
ous ; who, ufing this world, but not abufing it, have 
alone the promile of true happinefs in this life, as well 
as of everlafting glory in thit which is to come." 

Good-intent heard this difcourfe with ftrong emos 
tions of horror at the dangers which be had eicaped, 
and aire of thankfulnefs to his Kinsj, who had appoint- 
ed him fo excellent a guide as SdJ-denial Inltead ot 

K being 



THE niOGRLSS OF THE 



being wearied by ihe ^fficuliy of ihe yfay, he now 
found it become fo eafy' to him, thaj' he would have 
been cQh;en!ed to a fee nd a iteeper mountain, for the 
fake of the bersefiis which he was Tenfi^le he o nvecj 
from the fociety orCiicb aco:npanion, When i;; 'v hiid; 
proceeded together as far as it was at that nmv rcqui-. 
ihc Self derjal {hon\d's.ccon\\j2ny h\m, theyp-Aic .1 . ^nd' 
I fdw in my dream, that Good inient wetu '•'.«> cuds. 
alone, (ill it was almoil dark, when he dimly d Icriea 
before him a houfc, at no great diftance; drvd while 
he was corifidcring v;ithin hiinfelf, whether or not it 
v/ere the houis Beauliful, at which he meant ihat night 
to iodc'e ; the door of it was opened, and a man came 
forth to meet him, inviting him to enter. Then the. 
pi'grim afl;cd him. whether the houfe to which he be- 
longed were indeed the fame as he fuppcfed it 10 be. 

'■Undoubtedly," faid the man; ",this is no other 
than the houfe Bcaidifulf the habitation of the Vij-tves ; 
and it is my office, as their porter, to admit fuchguells 
as are worthy to be entertained by them." 

When Good-intent heard this, he gladly accompa. 
Tiled him towards the houfe; and as they went along, 
the pilgrim looked for the lions, which he knew had 
formerly been kept there. He perceived that there 
were indeed two animals vho lav at no great difiance 
fiom the portal, one en either {idc ; ihcy did not ap- 
pear to him fo large as any lions which be had elfe where 
feen; but he could not by that light dilMntlly obferve 
their fliapes : however, he was careful not to approach 
them too near, though he concluded that they were 
afleep, becaufe he did not hear them roar. 

When he had entered the porch, he requefled the 
porter to let his mifirefies know that he was come there 
to aQc for entertainment and lodginiy, fuch as he had 
heard it was the cuflom of that houfe to afford to pil- 
grims : and to prove that he bad good claims to the 
hofpitality he fought, he vas proceeding to tell of what 
parcniage he. came, and how he had entered the way 
by the Wicket gale, according to the rules prelcribed for 
all pilgrims by the King of the coimfiy whither he was 
bound; but ibe porter interrupted him, *' It 



PiLCRIM GOOD-INTEKT. 75 

« It is indifierent to us," faid he, " from what line- 
acre you fpring, and in vvhat paihs you have walked; 
wc accou'it ii i'ufficicnt if your foul be poffsfied with 
a de{ire to b>:"bo!d and to love the fair daoifels who in- 
habit (his manfion ; and, provided your heart beats in 
fy.npathetic concord wiih theirs, you are free to regu- 
late your ccndutt by whatfocver laws your own natur- 
al (enpcrament may lead you to prefer." 

'• I know," faid Good-intent, " that there are fome 
who thinlc wirks of no avail, provided the faith be right; 
bti: I did not expefl to find that doQrine profefied ih 
ibis houfe, in fo extenfive and dangerous a fenfe as I 
und-'r{Und your words to imply." 

Whh that the porter fiiilcd. "*< You will be as little 
quellioned here," faid hs, '* about your faith, as about 
your works. The <*fFefclions of the heart are all that 
my miftrefles regard : from what principles they fpring, 
or to what atlibns they impel, wc here confider as alike 
immaterial. Therefore, whether thou be a defcendant 
from Chriftian, or a difciplp of Bramah ; whether thou 
be bv profc'lfian a robber, an afialRn, or a faint — if 
thy heart glow with a facred enihufiafm in the caufe of 
the Moral-virtutSi enter ! freely enter their confccrac- 
ed abode!" 

The porter then rang his bell, aiid a damfel appear- 
ed, to whom he gave it in charge to conduQ Good- 
intent to her millr h. The damrtl v^as fair, and feeiti- 
ed very richly attired ; but h;r drefs was fo much co- 
vered with ornaments, that its true texture could not be 
difcerned. The pilgri'n was not tr.uch pleafed with 
the difcourfe of the porter, which, however, he did not 
very clearlv comprehend; buth.^ fell fo fecure of re- 
ceiving edificaiiort from the inflruflions of the venerable 
matrons within, that he did not hefifate to follow hf!r 
who oflered herfelf as his condu0.refs ; to whom, as 
they pa (Ted along, he expreffedhis impatience tc»j6in 
in the devotions of PiHy, to receive , ihe leffons 6f 
prudence^ and to participate in the happinefs vyhich the 
hanl of C/ian7_)' diffu fed around. ' ' ".^ 

When he fpdke thus, the datnfel \^^ho was with him 

flopped, 



76 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

flopped, and, looking af him with fome furprife, «« You 
jnull certainly, Sir,' laid (Ji -, '• know very little of the 
pre fent ftate of things in general, and of this family in 
pariicnlar, if you call my milireffes by fucb antiquated 
names,"' 

*• How !' faid Good-intent, " does this houfe belong 
to any oiher roiftreffes than thofe | mentioned ?' 

" O no !" replied the damfel ; " thofe ladies are flil] 
the owners qF the manfion ; only they are now known 
by more modern and expreflive appeilaiions. She, 
ivhom you call Charity^ has ^ffamed the name of Phi- 
lanthropy ; and Prudence is dignified bv the title of 
Mental-energy : As for their elder filter Pidy^ flie. poor 
gentlewoman! was always fubje^ to occafional dif. 
tractions of mind, when the moon v^as at the full ; and 
fonic tiqne fince, her judgment became fo much weak- 
ened, that fijie ran aw^y from her fifters, and wandered 
about the country tq tabernacles and conventicles ; 
"whereupqn her friends, willing to hide her failings 
from the vvorld, fhut her up in a private mad-houfe. 
Since then, my millreffes have taken to live withihenri 
a younger filler of theirs, named Sensibility^ a vtry 
amiable perfon,whore merits were formerly little known, 
bccawfc fhe had the misfortune in her youth to marry 
Cvmmon sense, a churl, who mifqfcd, gnd often confin- 
ed her; bui at laft Mc'ntal'-tnergy fpund mez^ns to fre? 
her from the bondage in which he held her, and to 
brinj^h^r hither; and her hufband, after making a fex/ 
inc{lc8ual attempts to perfuade her to return to him, 
Jias now ccafed to moleft her, or even, it is faid, to 
wifli for her company." 

Good-intent expreffed much aftonifhment at this re« 
cital. *' Since fo many alteration?:,"* faid he, " have 
taken place in a fatpily, where I fo little expcBed to 
meet with any change, I need no longer think it extra, 
ordinary that your porter fhould be fo unlike the de- 
fciiption I had heard of him who was called Watchful^ 
who formerly lived here; nor that your appearance 
fhould fo little ref^mble that of the damfels, Discretion 
and h-uvihl€-7iiindi\iho received my ancc^lorg fo kindly." 

*^ Thole 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTEirr. 77 

f» Thofe three perfons died a long while fince,*' re-* 
pli. d fhe ; ••' the prefent porier is called SentimcnU and 
my nainc is Rffincment ; we bo;h came here juli about 
the lime when Piety eloped." 

As flie ended thefe v/ords, fhe threw open the doors 
of a fpacious faion, in which her miilrefics were fitting. 
Their employmt-nis occafioned new lurprile to Good- 
intent. Philanthropy fat in the window with a lelefGope, 
looking through the fiiades of night, (which had now 
totally overfpread the earili) for invifib'.e obj^'6ts of be- 
nevolence, in unknown regions. Mental-energy held 
in her hands a flint and flcel, and ftruck out iparks, 
which, when her foRering breaih had blown them into 
{lame, bad power :o caul'e the heart to beat with ten 
fold violence J while the fumes of the fmoke, afcending 
to the head, occafioned a dizzinefs of the brain, and a 
fufpcpfion of ihe reafoning facuhies- Sensibility lay on 
ji lofa, half binding herlelf over a young ais's coir, 
which fiic tenderly carefled, an4 bedewed wiih a co- 
pious fiiov/er of tear§. 

The entrance of the pilgrim, however, interrupted 
their occupations; and ihey all rofe to receive him, 
though with different depneanor.*?. Philanthropy had fo 
much weakened her eyes by the continual iHe of her 
lelefcope, that flie was now become unable to difcern 
any but diftant pbjc^s; advancing, therefore, haftily, 
to receive the g\)e(l, whOiTi Refinement announced to 
her, (he ran full againit him, not perceiving where he 
flood, and almoft puGied him down : Mental energy^ 
difdaining common forms, took little notice of him : 
but foft Sensibility eagerly threw her arms around the 
youth, and, gazing on his comely form, forgot her 
afs's colt, and wept over him. 

Good-inient was a little difconcerted by the condu£^ 
pfeach of the fillers; but when he had at laft difen- 
gaged himfelf from the uncxpe6^ed embrace of the 
younger, he fat down by them, and attempted to con- 
vcrfe with them. Their modes of exprtffion were, 
however, fo new to hin^, that he profited much lefs 
from their difcouvfc than he had hoped to do. When 

fuppci 



T3 THE PrxOGRE5S OP THE 

4"iJpper was ferved op^ he wa? glad; for he fell hirr.felf 
an. need of fome Tcfrsihiifier.r, after ihe fatigue of that 
ttay's pilgrimage J but^ though the bar.quct appeared 
very pleniiful, yet, vrhen the flowers which had gar- 
aniihed thediilies were removedj, he coald find no food 
.iuihcientiv fubl'annaj Jo fatisfy hishunuer. 

lio'.vever, afier the meal v,'as ended, his thr$e hoil- 
.eflcs feemdd to take more pains ihsn ihev had dons 
before, to render tht-ir converfauon infelljoihle to him ; 
and i\UntaLem7'gy. addrcffiog h'^rfeif to him, entered 
inio a long barrangiie agsfinil the various prejudices 
,which had fo long enflived the human mind, and the 
manifold abufrs which cuflom had introduced into the 
svorld. It was now time, fheafferted, (hat men ftiould 
think for ihcinfelves; and, inftead of refpefting any 
opinion bccaufe, foriooih, they had received it fronrn 
their .fathers, they ought to require no other proof of 
j'.s fallacy, than ihat perfons fo credulous and fo igno- 
raBt had believed it to be true. 

She wauldh3veexp.iiiTi:''d longer on this fubjeB, had 
hot Senfihihty interrapied her by a frefli fhower of 
lears, which flowed ai the recollection of ihe fufferings 
of the many hap'.efs vittims of thole prejudices and cuf- 
tonis, againft wh-ch her fiAer was declaiming. When 
her voice could find a palfage, fhe recounted to Good- 
intent many a doleful tale ol fons of Geniuiy whofe great 
2nd elevated fouls had fcorned to he confined within 
the narrow rules of juftice ; and of daughters of Ten' 
fl<?r?icy5, who had yicided to the difclates of nature, and 
of their own amiably fufcep'.ible hearts, but who, in 
confequence, had been branded wiihoblcquy by civi- 
lized fociety ; while fome of their number, {li 11 more 
mnfortunate, had been configned by the mercilefs laws 
of their countrv, to^i^rifons, banifnTienr, and death. 

To divert the mojarcholy which narratives like thefc 
were likely toinfpire, Phiianthy opfntxi look up the 
difcourfe, and began to detail her plam for the general 
felicity of all markind. Of ihe prefent o:'eneration {hb 
j'aid little ; only retommending. as objects of the rroft 
particular benevokil^c^lhf'fe^' whom'' flttrVo^-mi 

zealots 



PII^GllIM GOOS^^TErN^, tt 

zealots reprobated as tranr^reflors of every jaw divin« 
and human ; buifumro ages cUimed her greateil auetin 
tion ; andjliow difficult foevgt ij; might be to judge 
v-^hatihe inicreft a?^d inclinauuns of men yet unbora 
might lead them to defire or to {Iwin^ foe con'.ended that 
the faciifice of piyriads of the prefeni race, and evert 
the univerfal teirtporaiy fubiiitution of raifery tor hap,- 
pincfs, were eligible means, if through them the raofl: 
remote poffibllity of «^ny,fl4^ure contingent good might 
be at'.aincd. . ... 

The capacity of Good intent was not fufficientl^ 
clear to cotnprehend the arguments by which Ihe fupr 
ported her opinions ; and though he laboured to attend, 
)'.et, the toils of the day contributing to overpower hiiB^ 
heat lall found himielf unable to refift the drowfinefs 
which came up<5nhira.. Wherefore, taking the oppor- 
tuniy of a paafe in her dilcourfe, he reque'ted leave to 
retire to his chamber ; and his three hcftefies confented 
to his petition, though not without exprelTirig fome dif-. 
pleaiure at the eoidnefs and want of enihuiiafoi with; 
which he had heard their difcourfe, ; 

He did not, however, fall afleep fo foon as he had ex-: 
peQed ; for when he was alone, the recolletlion of 
what had pafled occupied his mind, and afforded him 
much fubjett for reficQion, He confidered, that the 
opinions of Menial-energy and of Philanthropy., led to 
many concluUons, no lefs abfurd ihdn dangerous; and 
as for the perXons whofe misfortunes had called forth 
the tears o\ SerifibilUy^\\owe.\'ti their conduct might have 
been gloffed over in her difcourie, he did not hefnate 
to determine, that all the calamities which had befallen 
them had been the natural confequence and the juil re- 
ward of their own evil deeds. '• O that Piety ftill dwelt 
in,this houfe !" faid he ; *' for I perceive ihar, while- 
{he is abfent, her Sifi/r- virtues merit no confidence, let 
ihein dillinguifh ihemfelves by what new names they 
may." 

Being impatient to q.uit a fociety, in which he W3s 
much difappoio.ed to hnd hiaifelf fo little edified, he. 
relblved to pttfiue his journey, as foon as he Ihould have 

obiaiiied 



80 TH£ PROGRESS OF THE 

obtained a fight of thofe rarities which he f^rriembefed 
it had always been the cudnm of that houf.t to fh v^ 
tinio pilgrims. In (he morning, theref.>re, he told the 
three fillers that he had underttood there were laid up 
in their poffeflion many curious records ; alfo rrianjr 
famous weapons, wherewith the miohiy men of old time 
had achieved notable exploits ; and he figniB"d withal 
hisdefire of being admitted to a fight of thelc So hey 
readily confented to (hew him the room in which all tiieir 
rarities were kept ; but, as 'hey were on their way thith- 
er. Philanthropy and Serjibiliiy informed him that they 
had difcarded from their colle6tion thole ancient wea- 
pons, concerning which he had enquired, becaufe the 
ufes which had been made of them by their former own- 
ers, namely, by Jofhua, Sampfon, Gideon, and the reft, 
had been too favageand fanguinarv, (uch as no friend 
to humanity could refit 61 on without the moft painful 
fenf^itions; the very idea of war exciting horror in a 
feeling mind: and every fi)idier w^ho bore arms in 
(what he was pleafed to lly'e in mockery) the fervice 
of his country, deferving to be reprobated by univerfa! 
nature, as the bafe tool of barbarous defpots, and the 
hired aflaflin of his fellow men. 

Having received this previous notice, Good-intent 
was confiderably furprifed, on cnteting the room, that 
the fi/ft objeQ on which be call his eyes, fhould be a 
heap of cannon balls and grape (hot, and bcfide it a 
pile of fwords and pikes, dropping with recent blood. 
He could not forbear afking how ladies of inch com- 
pafTionaie difpofiaons. could ha e afforded a place in 
their repofiiory to thofe infirurnentsof death. 

" We honor ihele," faid Mental-energy^ " as inflru- 
ments of inftru6lion ; and as (ucb, fome of our mofl 
valued friends have made a olori> us ijfe of them, in 
fubverting the prej. dices of infatuated nations, who 
could no otherwiie be taught to prefer light to darknefs, 
and emancipation to bondage." 

" What light, or what einancipation,' cried the pil- 
grim*'* can have been communicated to tho perfons, 
vh'jfe blood is ftill reeking on ihofe fatal blades ?" 

" The 



PILGRIM GOOD INTENT. 81 

** The lufferings of individuals are of no iniporl- 
ance," anfwered Mental- energy, <« when put in compe- 
fiiion with the univerfal good of the human fpecies. 
A mind truly great will rife above the paltry confidera- 
lion of the deftruclion of a few quietjbut mean-fpirited 
nations, by fire and fword, if by iuch means the power 
of the guardians of Liberty can be extended.'* 

Now Good-ir.tent, during this lime, had fixed his 
eyes on an engine which was new to him. In its form 
it refembled an axe ; but it was fufpcnded by ropes, 
within a wooden frame ; and he afl^ed his conduftrefTes 
for what ufe it was intended. 

'• That," raid Philanthropy, *' is an inftrument dear 
to humanity ; for by it more than a million of the ene- 
mies of the human race have been fwept from the earth." 

" What enemies ?" laid the pilgrim ; "Is itdefigned 
as a gin for the deftru6tion of wolves or of ferpents ? * 
^^ '' Of monfters more deieftable than either," replied 
^Philanthropy ; *' of defpots and their ir.inions." 

While Ihe fpoke, Good-intent looked into a bafket 
which flood behind the axe ; and behold ! it was full of 
human heads. '• What do I fee ?" cried he ; " 60 
you who call yourfelves the friends of humanity, au- 
thorife fuch a (laughter as this ? I perceive the heads of 
men, of women, nay, of children ; where fhall we feek 
for the enemies of the human fpecies, if not amongj 
thofe who have perpetrated this execiable maflacre ?" 

" In .giving my fan6lion to it," faid Philanthropy^ 
" I confider not the prefent race of men, which mighi 
probably have enjoyed grea-er tranquillity, had the an- 
cient order of things been fuffered to continue; but 
my enlarged view coinprehcnds, atone glance, all fu- 
ture ages. The human fpecies, thus purged of its drofs, 
will gradually refine iifelf, till it fhall have attained uni- 
verfal perfection ; and when no trace even of the pof- 
terity of the foes o{ Liberty fhall be left upon the earth, 
her friends will feafl undilturbed on the fruits of her 
glorious tree, which can flourifli in no foil, where its 
roots are not rnoiflened with the blood of traitors." 

Good-inient rlow returned from Philanthropy with 
L horror 



g2 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

horror; and/obferving a bottle placed on a fbelf above, 
he derr.ar.ded of Senjibility ^^/hatwere its contents. 

«' The tears of captive princes, and their orphan chil= 
dren," replied fhe. '« Doubtlels," faid he, «« your own, 
V'hich (low fo freelys are mixed with him." *' O no !" 
faid flie; " during the filling of that bottle, I was en- 
gaged as chief mourner at the funeral of an affafiin ; 
and all tny tears were fiied for him. ' 

Now I faw in my dream, that the pilgrim was filled 
with great amazement ; and he caft in his mind who 
thefe peifons fliould be, whofe natures agreed fo ill with 
the excellent names ihey bore. So he bethought him- 
felf of his book, which had ever beeh his faithful coun- 
felior in times of need ; but, as he drew it oOt of his 
bofomjihey v.'ho flood by mocked at him; and Menial' 
energy aff'ured him that it v;a5 unfit to engage the atten- 
tion of a wife man ; Phila7ithropy afierted that all the 
iniieries of mankind had originated in the doftrines 
which it contained; and 6'£72^^i;7iijj' recoikd with horror 
from the punifiiments which it denounced agairift fuf. 
fering guilt. Nevertheiefs, Good-intent grafped the 
book Ermly, not heeding their idle clamors; and, whe'n 
he had opened it, he found written therein, " Every 
good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree 
evil fruit; wherefore^by their fruits ye fliall know thern." 
Then he faid to himfelf, «•' When I behold the fruits 
which thefe bring forth, can I poffibly hefitate to believe 
that their root is arootofdeceitjandofall ungodlinefs ?" 
So he put the book into his bofom, and turned himfelf 
about to depart. But they, not willing To to lofe him, 
fought to detain himjandafl^ed him whither he was going. 
'• I am going." faid he, «• to obey ihe commands of 
my Heavenly Father, -a ho hath warned me to flee from 
all who defpife his covenant, and rebel againfl his laws; 
and if to an earthly parent, obedience be an inviolable 
duty'- — 

'• An Inviolable duty !" hhdUcntal- energy ^^\i\\ a fcorn- 
fulfmile ; " it was indeed imagined fuch in the ages 
cf darknefs ; but fo grievous an obfiacie to the natural 
rights of free-born infants, it was one of our firft at- 
chievetnents lo overthrov/." " What !" 



PILGRIM OOOD-INXENT. %l 

« What !" Paid Good-intent, «« v^ould you leach a 
child that he owes no gratitude ?" — 

« Gratitude is an unpardonable weaknefs in the bofom 
of a wife man," leturned Mental energy ; " we hold it to 
be no part eidicr of jullice or of vinue ; and an en- 
larged mind will fcorn to narrow itfelf tothe fenfe of any 
perfonal benefit which an individual rnay have confei: 
ed." 

Good-intent was ftill more aftonifhed at this maxim, 
than he had been at any of thofe which had preceded 
it ; and indignantly replied, '« It would be loling tirne 
to demonftrate the abfurdity of your doftrines, while 
the heart of every man, to whom nature hath not de- 
nied the common feelings of humanity, niuft revolt at 
the confequences neceffarily deducible from th,era. 
Heaven grant to me, that I may never receive any be- 
nefit from the meaneft of my fellow-creatures, without 
a due and thankful fenfe of the obligation under which 
it lavvs me ; while I conftanily cherifh, as the nobleft 
principle of my conduCl, that boundlefs gratitude which 
I owe to riirr-., of whom my life, and all the bleffings 
which endear it to me, are the gifts, and from whofo 
future bounty his own gracious word encourages me to 
hope for that more excellent recompenfe of reward, 
which he hai promifed to all thofe who faithfully l';eep 
his ftatutes unto the end." ^ > 

« And does thy mercenary fpirit,' faid MtntaUener? 
^)', <« require the hope of recompenfe as an incentive tp 
virtue ? Learn, rather, from us, the more dignified fens 
timenf, that virtue is its own reward; and, inftead of 
travelling through defolate regions in fearch of a coun- 
iry, which, certain friends of ours can afford thee fi^ffi- 
cient proof, exids only in thy own imagination, be con- 
tent to remain with us, the reprefentatives of Virt^e u.p.- 
on earth. Our inUrudions Ihall gradually difengage 
thy foul from the hideous bonds of prejudice, and ele- 
vate it to thofe liberal principles, by which the heart i? 
refined, and the energy of the mind increafed ; and as 
a tender relaxation from feverer lludiesr behold our fif- 

KTSenfMlity^VihOi from thy fiift emranc9j has regarded 

thee 



64 THE PKOGRESS OF THE 

thee v^ith the eyes cf affe6lion, and who pants to foim 
wiih thee ihai Tympathy of fouls, which is pointed out 
by reafon and by nature, as affording the faireft prof- 
ptftof human happinefs." 

While Mental-energy was fpeaking thus, the counte- 
nance and geftures of Senfibiiity, expreffed her acqui- 
efcence in the propofal. Aj firlt, fhe looked paflion- 
ately at the pilgrim, and fighed, and wept^ and fmil^d ; 
and when her fiftcr had ended, and he flood aftonifhed^ 
and hefjtaiing what to reply, ihe fnddeniy fprang for-? 
wards, and threw herfelf into his arms. 

Good;intent, difpleafed and difgufted, fnook off ber 
embrace asfoon as he was able. '• i pray you, madam," 
f^id he, " recolleft yourleU a liule ; 1 had been to!4 
that you were the wife of another rrian." 

" And if 1 am," faid (lie, «« my conduft is not the 
]th reccncileable to the ftritlefl reflitude. I experienc- 
ed, in mv former connexiopj the abfurdity of expell- 
ing that the inclinaijons and wifhes of two human be- 
ings jfhould coincide through any long period of time ; 
but though my tyrant may imagine that the few vain 
ceremonies, which pafled between us, have indiflolubly 
"boi^nd me to him for the whole of my wretched life, 
what natural right can he plead to fhackle my free foul, 
or to condemn my perfon to that vifionary flate of cold 
celibacy which Nature herfelf abhors ? If, there- 
fore, my heart no longer acknowledges any fympaihv 
wiih hi?, wheiefore mav it not be both praQicable anq 
eligible for me to offer it to another, in whofe recipro- 
cation of kindnefs it may find feme indemnification for 
its forrner unmeriied bufferings?" 

" Undoubtedly," laid P/i7'/iz«Mro^'^j', " our fidcr is in 
the right. All things are lawful, when taken in their 
proper connexion ; and Nature has implanted no de- 
iires, of which it is not our primary duty to feck the 
gratification. Since, therefore, happincfs is the uUi- 
/nate end which that unerring guide impels lis to pur? 
fue, no friend to reason, humanity, and toleration, can 
Cenfure thofe who feek to attain that end, by the ufe of 
any means which may appear to thcmfclves the bed cal- 
culated lo enfure their iuccefs." " There 



PILGRIM GOOD -INTENT. 85 

?« There could exift no degree of atrocity," faid 
Good-inient, " of which the perpetration might not be 
juftified, if argurnents like thefe could j'^lilfy it ; but 
happily, their futility is as evident, as their tendency is 
pernicious. Whefefore, away frorp me, ye wicked I 
I Vv'ill keep ihc con:imandnient5 of my God !" 

And fo faying, he haftened out of the houfe, giving 
no other heed to all their vain difcourfes ; nei:her had 
they power lo detain hi n:i againft his will, though they 
rnade him nnany fair promifes, that, if he muft needs 
proceed upon his journey, they would fiiow him a better 
road, and condb'cl him to a pleafanter valley than the 
valley of Humiliation, through which he meant to paf^, 

Novj I faw in my dream, that, as he vi^ent out of the 
houfe, he obferved it more particularly than he had beeri 
able to dp at the late hour a: which he had entered it 
t"he niaht before, and behold ! ihe walls were not built 
of brick or Hone, qr of any other fuch common and 
durable materials, but altogether of books, piled in or. 
der one on another, without any apparent cement, fq 
that the whole edifice was fiiaken by every blafl from 
heaven v/hich blew againftit. When the pilgrim per- 
ceived this, he made the more ha(ie, left it (hould prc- 
fenily fall, and crulh thofe who flood nigh in its ruins ; 
and pafiing by the two beaftsj which at night he had tak^ 
en for lions, he now faw that they were only apes, which 
fat on the oppofite (jdes of the porch^and grinned and 
chaiter:^d at him as he pafTed along. 

So when he had gotten out of their reach, he flop- 
ped to look about him, and he perceived that he had not 
yet, as he had fuppofed, attained the higheft {ummii of 
the hill Difficulty ; for ^ rocky afcent ftill remained for 
him to climb ; on the top of which he defcried a houfe, 
built all of hewn flone, and of the moil admirable ar- 
chite6lure; but he obferved fuch a refernblance be- 
tween it and the other which ftood on the fandy ground 
below it, that he immediately concluded it to have been 
the model, in imitation whereof that which he had juft 
quitted had been ere6led. 

1'hen he reafoned within himfelf, faying, •• I have 

furely 



&(> TI-IE PROGRESS OF TIIE 

furely been deceived ; the frail edifice which I have 
left behind me, and which feems built but to laft for a 
day. can ne ver be the houfc at which my anceftors were 
tniertained lo long ago, and which, in their time, it was 
weU known had Hood for ages. TIjis, rather, which I 
fee above me^ mud be it ; and, doubtlefs, on my arrival 
there, I {hall learn who thofe impoftors are who have 
fought to miflead mc." 

So he haftcned to climb up the rock, fupporiing his 
ileps wiih the trufiy fialf which had been given to him 
by Self-denial ; and as he again experienced its ufc, he 
congratuiaied himfelf on the care with which he had 
preicrvcd it ; remembering that 5cn/Z(5i«%», as fhe em- 
braced him,had made feveral attempis to draw it out of 
his hand. When he hadS cached the top, he beheld 
the two lions ; but ihcy were chained, and made no ef- 
fort to molcft hin^ as hejoyfuliy pafFed between themj 
and rang the bell at the gate v/hich was pi efently open- 
ed unto him by the ancient porter Watchful. 

While the pilgrim was fpeaking with him, the three 
virgins, who were called Piclyi Prudence^ and Charity^ 
and who had never relinquilhcd thofe venerable names, 
ihemfelyes came forih from an inner chamber, and re. 
teived their gueft with words of kindnefs ; and Piely^ 
fjtid unto him, " Welcome, young man, welcome to our 
dwelling ! Thou hall neither been fo fooli(h as to be de- 
luded by the pietences of thofe who fallely call ihern- 
felves the Moralvirtuesj nor fo v/icked as to delight in 
the deeds which they vainly fanQion. Thou art ihere- 
fcrc worthy to be adinittcd into the habitation of the 
Chrifiian-virims ; with whom none dwell but fuch as 
do (incercly believe and faithfully praBiie ail the words 
which are written in the book of life, which thou beared 
in thy hand, and by which thou haft been taught to. ef- 
chv'w falfehood, and to leek frutl)." 

Then Goodimcnt bowed himfelf before the damfels, 
and rejoiced that he had at lad been fo fortunate as to 
iind ihem ; efpecially he was glad to behold her, con- 
cerning whom her Jencmies had reported fuch calum- 
nies /.even PUly^ who was the eldeil of the filters, and 

for 



PILGRIM GOOD.INTILNT. ST 

for whom ibe other two, who leaned on her on eiihe'c 
flJe, feemed in every look and gefture to exprefs ihcir 
veneration and regard. Good-intent beheld with awe 
her faintly couiuenance ; while the fober, but not an- 
fiere looks of Prudence engaged his confidence, and the 
benignant fmile and dove-like eye of Chariiy, filled his 
whole foul with peace, joy, and holy love. 

When they had led him into their gueft-chatnber, 
they queftioned him concerning his pilgrimage; fo he 
told them all that had hitherto befallen hini therein 3 
and when he had ended the account of his lafl adven- 
ture, " It is well for you," faid Prudence^ " that you have 
'^fo well learnt from that book, where alone true wifdom 
is to be found, to difregard fpecious words, and to re. 
jeft falfe principles, viewing wiih abhorrence, the un- 
righteous deeds which fp ring from them." 

" There are but too many," faid Charity,' «• ever* 
among thofe who are the bed difpofed to love us, and 
to receive our precepts within their heartsj who, milled 
by the arts of the impoltors, who affurae our charafters, 
even while they affett to defpife our names, have been 
filled by their pernicious counfels with all unrighteouf- 
nefs ; becoming haters of God, defpiteful, proud, boall- 
crs, inventors of evil things, difobedient to parents, 
without underftanding, covenant-breakers, without na- 
tural affeBion, implacable, unmerciful ; and thougli 
out of their own mouths, they niight be condemned, 
feeing that the words of peace are even on their lips, 
yet,' ever as they did not like to retain God in their 
knowledge,' He has given ' them over to a reprobate 
mind ;' fo that thofe fame things, for which they ac- 
count others nioft inexcufabie, they do therafelves cotn- 
mit without remoifc." 

" I pray you,' faid Cood-iiuent, " who are thefe de- 
ceivers ? And how long have they d^'ell in thefe parts?" 

«' They fpring," faid Prudencey^^'hom an evil race ; 
and you will not wond .r at their eagcrnt fs to feduce 
pilgrims from the right road, when I tell you that they 
are ihc daughters of Mr. Pnilofophy,: with whom v; u 
met, in ihe'toime'r pait of your journey, to the gr(iat tn- 

dangerir.g 



S3 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

dangcring of your fafety; and who, being himfelf oc- 
cupied in confufing the heads of pilgrims, has fent 
forth ihefe, a progeny, worthy of fuch a father, to fcduce 
iheir hearts. When they firft came into this country, 
ihey ofisred themfelves to us, with great Teeming hu- 
mility, as our fervanis ; and we, being pleafed with their 
appearance and fair fpeeches, were contented to rece'ive 
them as fuch ; and for a while they behaved themfelves 
to our liking ; but it v;as not long before they began to 
Ihew themfelves in their proper colours. For my (ifter 
C;^fln/y, indeed, they conftantly expreffed extraordinary 
refpeC^ ; praifing her upon all occafions, and even feek- 
ihg to exalt her. by diljparaging all her nearell kindred ; 
yet even to her they paid no obedience ; and frequent, 
iy file found that they had buffed themfelves in demol- 
ifhing the works which file had ordered them to affift 
in completing. As for me, they came little in my way, 
being defirous, if it were poffible, wholly to efcape my 
obfervation ; but to my filler Piety they daily offered 
the mod unprovoked and offenfive infults. I believe, 
indeed, that their plan was to incite her to quit us, as 
ihey have fmce thought proper to affert fhe has done ; 
for they even then had the affuiance to raife calumnies 
againft her, and ufed their utmoft endeavours to excite 
fome diffenfion betwixt her and Charily ; but a friend- 
ihip fo indiffoUible as theirs, was proof againlt all fuch 
wiles; and the attempt was even fortunate ; fmce it un- 
veiled the defigns of thefe impoftors to the eyes of Cha" 
riiji who would not oiherwile have been fo foon indu- 
ced to retraft her favorable opinion of them ; and fhe 
acquitfctd in my counfelsjthat they fhould be expelled 
from among us. During the time that they had been 
^v\\h us, hovvever, they had acquired a facility in imitat- 
ing our mannt-fs, and had learnt to repeat by rote ma- 
r-y of our fayings ; and thus qualified, they formed the 
fcheme to perfonate us, that io they might inveigle out 
of the right way fuch pilgrims as came with the defign 
to take up their lodging with us. In this enterpriie, 
they were chiefly affifted by him who accofied you in 
the character of their porter; and who is called SenicmeiU^ 

He 



PILGRIM GGOD-IKTENT. 89 

Jie was tfie architeft who erefted their houfe, which, 
4s you might obferve, is built in imitation of ours ; 
though the difference of the materials prevents any- 
great refemblance between them. Their edifice, in- 
deed, being framed of fuch perilhable fubftance, would 
not have ftood till now, were not its inhabitants con- 
tinually empfoyed in repairing its walls ; fo that as, 
through time and ftrefs of weather, one row of books 
decays and moulders away, the place is immediately 
filled up with a double quantify nf new {ines, with which 
they are continually supplied from a Tna^iifaclory-, tvhick, 
under the direction of their father, Mr. Philosophy^ th'ey 
have e/lahliJ7ied in the neighbourhood. Since they have 
refided in ibis their new habitation, their arts have been 
but too fuccefsful ; and efpecially, they ' lead captive 
many filly women, laden with fins, and led away with 
divers lufts,' who, though they are ever imagining they 
learn, are yet ' never able to come at the knowledge 
of the truth.' For, as Mr. Philofophy's houfe is chief- 
ly frequented by men, fo is this of his daughters moft 
commonly vifited by womcrt; Neverthelefs, at both, 
guefts of either fex are equally welcome; and while 
the male pupils of ihefe deceivers are taught, when their 
hands are enibrued in murder, to affeft in their con- 
verfation the moft effeminate expreflions of tendernefs 
and morbid fenfibility, their female difciples learn to 
confider as the difgrace of womanhood, what has hith- 
erto been its molt invaluable privilege, even its mod- 
efty ; and cafting off, with that, « the ornament of a 
meek and quiet fpirit,' wherewith, ' in the old time, the 
holy women who trufted in God, adorned themfelves/ 
they think that they sujficiently efiablifli their claim to equal- 
ity with men^ while they rival even the moft reprobate among 
ihcm, no less inferofiiy than in voluptuousness." - ■ , 

'• I could not but obferve,-' faid Good-intent, « that 
the language which was held to me in the houfe which 
I have jult quitted, bore a ftrong refemblance to that 
which I heard in Mr. Philofophy'cJ palace." 

" The office which he chiefly entriiffs to thefe his 
daughters,' re fumed Pry ^rnc^, * isthat of rcconcriijrg 

M to 



9t! THE PROGRESS OF THE 

to the motl atrocious deeds the mirK^sbfthore who ftill 
refpeft the name of Viriue, by amufing ihem with emp« 
ty and delufive founds; and as foon as any man has 
learht after their example, to call evil good, and good 
evil, he is then fuIFicienily prepared to join Mr. Phiiofo- 
phy's great army, of which you faw the firft frantic 
troop fei out from his palace, and take the road which 
led to the mountain of Revolution. Had you, therefore, 
hearkened to their enticements,ihey would have led you 
down into the valley, which lies between that mountain 
and the hill of Difficulty, which was the fame that they 
extolled to you, as fo far preferable to the valley oi Hu- 
iniliciion i and there would you have found yourfelf fur« 
rounded by the votaries of 'Alheifm and Anarchy^ from 
whom you had lately fled J infomuch that, unable afe*. 
cond titne to efcape, you would have been borne along 
by the crowd, and even compelled to become fuch an 
one as themfelves. But our houfe ftands fo high, that, 
from my apartment, we have a view of all the country 
round ; fo that you may, if you pleafe, look out, and 
behold the progrefs of thefe enemies of your King." 

Then Good intent gladly followed her, and fhe led 
him to a window, from which he had a full profpeft of 
the molintain of Revolution, with its precipitous fides, 
and its frowning brow. And behold I Mr. Philofo- 
phy's troops had new gained the funimit, and were ex- 
ulting in their fuccels with fhouts of triumph. The 
jcyes of the pilgrim fought amongjheir ranks for his old 
companions, but he could not difcern them all ; for 
l^r. Jncorifi derate, finding the mountain fleeper than 
be liked, had not chofen to attempt the afcent; but, not 
knowing his way back to the road he had quitted, he 
had loft himfelf, and periflied miferably c Mr. Party- 
Jpirit had followed his friends into a quagmire ; where, 
though they had foon got out of if, he had ftuck faft 
in the deep mud^ and had found none who would give 
him any help : Mr. Curicjity, venturing too near the 
edge of a precipice, to take a view of the valley be- 
low, had fal!cn over, and had been daflied to pieces : 
and Mr. Haie-controitl had been flain by the hand of 

Mr. 



I^ILGRIM GQOD-mTENX, S4. 

J^r. Hotheadj who was oiFended that he boafted of hav- 
ing as goqd a right as himfelf to choofe in what path he 
would walk. Many others of thofe who had fei out with 
them from the palace of Mr. Philofophy, had alfo per- 
ifhed by different cafuahies ; and at the head of all 
who ftill fur.vivedj there now marched the men with 
the fierce countenances, who wore the daggers in their 
girdles. Then Good-intent ipquired of Prudence who 
thqfe men were ; for from the firft he had felt a defire- 
to know fomewhat more particqlc^rly about them. 

" Thofe," faid fhe, '• are not, like the refl, the 
difciples or the vaffals of Mr. Philofophy. They are 
a band of Rlood-men ; the countrymen of thofe who, in 
former times, compofed the chief ftrength of the army 
of DiabcluSi in his wars againft King Shaddai. Re- 
membering the prowefs which they then difplayed in 
battle, Mr. Philofophy has formed an alliance with 
their nation : but they concern not themfelves, like 
the refl ofihofe men whom you faw in his palace, with 
his opinions, neither are: their minds perverted by his 
fophiftical arguments; to them it were unneceffary to 
clothe evil in ihe garb of goodnefsi for they love ancj 
defire evil for its own fake ; and it is becaule they 
have difcovered in Mr. Philofophy the irreconcileablc 
enemy ofjullice and of holiaefs, that they have fo 
readily joined his forces, and are content to march 
under his banners. It is true, that at firft, left their ap- 
pearance on his Cde fhouid too much countera^i the 
arts with which he fought to hide his purpofes from the 
worldj, they hid their faces, and fuffered others of his 
followers to imagine themfelves the leaders of his army ; 
but now that they have reached the fummit of this 
mountain, they no longer think diflimulation neceffa- 
?y, but openly avow themfelves, and terrify into fub- 
jedif^n even thofe, who, at the beginning, would have 
been the leail difpofed to. form any league of amity 
V/ith them. The name of him who marches at the head 
qfihis terrible hand is Jncclinijin, and in him is vefted 
the fupreme command ; thofe whom he has appointed 
tA be his pjriocipal captains, are Rapnc^ Perfidy, Ex- 
tortion^ 



9ii THE PKOGRLSS OF THI^ ' 

tortion, Oppr^Jion, Treaforii Sacrilege, and Murder <, 
Henceforward, though, when it may iuit their purpdi 
fes, they will continue to ufe the name of Mr. Philofo-- 
phy, you will perceive that they will fubmitlo no eon-- 
trou!, even from his authority ;- and rhat they will con*- 
tinue in alliance with him from ho other nmotive, than 
that all the racft atrocious of their deeds may f:nd irt 
him a moll unwearied panegyrift and advocaie.'" But 
the whole company is now about to -defcend into the 
valley, whither your late' holteffes" would have con- 
duced you. '■ It is called the valley oi Equality. ^ Qbv 
fcrve how fteep and dangerous is the path which leads 
down to it from the mountain o{ Revolution ; infomuch;' 
ihaithofe who attempt the defcent are obliged loihroSi'/ 
away all the baggage they have hitherto carried wiih" 
them, nay, even, to lirip off the belt part of ihei)? 
clothes, left, being laden wiih any weight or in^umj 
brance, they fhould be the more liable to fa!!. ' • '^^ 
' Then Good-intent beheld all thofe who had moneys 
tw any other kind of provifion for their future wants oi> 
their journey, throw it from them ; fome were ci)nltrain-^ 
cd tojay'alide their gorgeous robes; Mr. Loifc change 
call away his coronet, and the Hke did many others;- 
nay, fome who wore crowns, though themfelves- unwil- 
ling to, refigti them, could not prevent others of the 
company-, in w hich they had travelled fo far, from tak-^' 
ing ihem oil their heads, and throwing them down the 
precipice. Thus lightened, they all began tt> defcend ? 
but Mr. Hoihcad, going too haftily, foon feil, and broke 
his neck ; many of the reft alfo, either Hipped, or were 
puflied down by others ; and I faw not that any of thofe 
who fell, ever role up again: '■ When they had reached 
thefoot of tlie mountain, Mr. Love-change waiS (uddcn-i 
]y fwallowed up in the fwamp of lalfe-accvfation, into 
ivhich he was led by Perfidy, at the inftigation o* Ra^ 
pne : and I obierved that all who had worn coronets 
or Goftly robes, met with a fate ftmilar to his. As for 
Mr. Credidity, and fome others who walked with him, 
a phantom, c:i\\t6Fraterniiy^ met them at the entrance 
ef the valley, andj making a femblance to embrace 

. ihemj 



HLGKIM COOnilTTEKT. $3 

Ihem, ftifled them in his arms. Of ihofe who had once 
Been the companions of Good-ifitent, Mr. Dif content 
ihercfore now only lurvived : he ftili followed jacobin- 
ijm and his irqop with a fullen pace; and, as I aiier- 
Wards learned, he cdhdnued to' follow them through 
every dilfereht region intoVhigh they enteredj even'to 
the end of their appointed <:ourfe; nor, though they 
would often gladly have been rid of foch an alloci^te, 
could they ever find means to perfuade him to turn 
back", or to drive him from their company, '' "' *';'•'■* 
■- The milerable end of fo nniiiy of the original follo'virJ' 
ersof Mr.Philofophy, feemed to afford to the Bbod-vien 
a cadle^for rejoicing. They enrip^.oyed themfelves wiili 
eagernefs -^n gathering up the precious things, which, 
having been'calt away at the top of the mountain, hiid 
j-olled down its Ldes into the valley ; and while they 
vere <hus occupied, many quarrels arofeamong them 
for the treafures they had found ; fo they'fhove with 
each other, and many who had colIe6ted the? Vicheft 
fpoils, were flain by tneir fellows, envious gJ" their ^ood 
iortune. But at lalitheir contentions ceafed for a tifoe > 
and they all went forwards together, and foon were out 
(&f fight; •): i . ^ '. . .: . 

^- Then Good-intent, addrcffing himfelf again to Fru. 
dence, " At leaft there is hope," faid he, " that the evils 
tvhich have been brought upon the earth by this band 
t)f ruffians, will not be o^f long coMinuance ; for if they 
thus madly rufh on every danger, and are befides fo ill 
difpofed" towards each other, that on the flighteft 
grounds they Ihed the blood of their fellows, their force 
muft quickly perifhyand th6 very memorial of them be 
fwept away from the earth." -^ 

• « I am not furprifed," faid Prudence, "that you en- 
tertain fuch a hope ; but you do not confider the con- 
tinual reinforcements which this army receives. Mr, 
Philofophy is ever at work in enticing unwary travel- 
lers to enlift under his ftandard ; the nation of the Blood' 
men is, moreover, very numerous; and large companies 
are even now on their road, from all parts of it, to join 
their countrymen; and befides all this, in every land 

ihroueh 



54 THE PROGRESS GF TH^ 

shrougb which the army pafTes, they qbh'gejhe native*, 
thereof to take up arms and follow ihem ; alluring fotne 
with the profpe6t of fiiaring in the plunder of their 
neighbours ; and, by jiripes and ill ufage, compelling 
thole who canriot i>e perluaded, to forfake their homes,, 
and afTift, however unwillingly, in fpreajding delolatiori 
over the whole habitable fuiface of the globe. When 
you reach the town of Vaniiy, you wilT again fall iri 
with them ; but, in the mean while, you fhall for a time, 
take up your abode with us, as it has been the cuftora. 
of your family to do, whenever any of them have paOed 
this way. Our inftruBions fhall fortify your mi n4 
againft the deceits of future impoftprs j and, at your 
iJeparture, we will anp you in the armour of light, 
wherewith your anceftor Chriftian was clad, that fo you 
may be enabled to withftand all fuch afl'ailants as ihall 
hereafter feek to moleft youj during the remaijiirig part 
of your pilgrimage." 

So I faw in my dream, that Good intent was well 
pleafed with the propofal, and that he continued many 
days at the houfe oi Beautiful ; where he became toO: 
well acquainted with the true charaBer and exeellcr»cy 
of the Chrijlian-virtues, to be in any danger of agaia 
fufferihg himfelf to be irapofecl on by their counterfeits. 

Moreover, they topk great pains in inftru^inghim ; 
and Piety taught him to love the Lord his God with all 
fais heart, with all h;s foul, ^nd with all bis mind ; tq 
purify himfelf even as He is pure ; tQ do heartily what- 
foever he did, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; nox 
being conformed to this world, but b^ing transfb^mec^ 
by the renewtP^ of his min4* thai he might prove wha^ 
is that gobds'and acceptable, and perfe^ will of God j 
holding fait the myftcry of the faith in a pure con- 
fcience ; and defiring nothing in comparifon of the glo- 
ry that fhall be revealed, when the Lord cometh viiiih 
fhoufands of his faints, ip judge the world ii\ righteoul^ 

When (lie had thus trained him in the firft and grea$ 
commandment of the law^ Charity taught him the fec= 
ond, which was like unto \X; even that he ft^ould love 

his 



riL'GRIM GOOD^INTENT. -gs 

hrs neighbour as himfelf. But {he exhorted him not to 
lo\ e in word, neither in tongLie,after the manner of falfc 
pretenders to philanihrophy, but in deed, and in truth; 
not faying to the naked and the hungry, " Depan in 
peace, be you warmed and filled," but giving them 
thofe things, whereof they ftand in need. And while 
Ihe perfuaded him, as he had opportunity, to do good 
unto all men, fhe taught him that thofe of the houfehold 
of faith were more particularly to be confidered as en- 
titled to his beneficence; feeing that it is fitting that 
the members of that body, whereof Chrifl: is the head, 
jhould have care one for another. She charged him 
alfo to learn firft to fhew kindnefs at home; fince, if 
any provide not for his own, and efpecially for thofe 
of his own houfe, he hath denied the faith, and is worfe 
than an infidel. Moreover, fhe taught him that he 
would exercife more true compaflion towards thofe 
whofe reprobate minds receive not the knowledge of 
the truth, by converting one finner from the error of 
his ways, than by crying '« Peace ! peace !" to all to 
whom there was no peace; vainly ftriving with the 
-ftrengih of man, to leverfe the irrevocable judgments 
of God, which (land fixed as the great mountains for 
ever, and fliall manifeftly appear to all men, at the laft 
day, to have been founded in truth and righteoufnefif. 
And to every work of love, fhe exhorted her difciplc, 
in the name of Him who gave even his life for us niif- 
erable finners, and who hath proraifed to reward the 
kindneffcs which have been fhewn unto the lead of his 
brethren upon eanh, as if they had been done unto 
himfelf. 

Now, that he might be the more readily difpofed to 
attend to the in(lru6tions of Piety and Charity, Prudence 
taught him that the fear of the Lord is wifdom, and to 
depart from evil is underftanding ; that the precepts of 
the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart ; that the cono. 
mandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes ; 
that thofe who keej3 his precepts have more underftand- 
ing than the ancients, and chfure to thetnfelves a glori- 
ous iaheriiance, eternal in the heavens. She exhorted 

him, 



96 THE PROGRESS OF THK 

him. Iherefore, that, avoiding all bppofitions of fcichce? 
falfely fo ca}lecl,with thai worldly wifdom whichisearthly, 
fenfual, devilifli, where envying and ftrife is^ with con- 
fufion and every evil work ; he (hould feek the wifdom 
that is from above j which is firftpure, then peaceable, 
gentle, full of mercy and good fruits j which comcth 
down from the Father of Lights* and therefore, like 
himfelf, hath no variableriefs ; and which, if any man 
all;, in faith, of God, it fhall be given him. 

Now I faw in my dream, that Goodinterit received 
with joy the words of thefe three wife virgins, and was 
not a forgetful hearer of thofe doftrines of his Lord, 
which they thus declared unto him, but ftrove daily to 
become more zealoufly a doer of the fame. So when 
the time drew near that he fhould proceed further on his 
journey, they led him into the armoury of their King^ 
whereof they are entrufted with the charge, and there 
they clad him in the armour of proof, fuch as had been 
given to Chriftianjhis anceftor, and to all others of his 
family in fucceeding generations, who had arrived at 
that houfe in the courfe of their pilgrimage. More- 
over they fhewed him all their records, and other rare 
and profitable things which it was their cuftbm to fliew 
unto pilgrims ; and when they had done this, they had 
further the kindnefs to walk forward with him a little 
vay onhisjoirney ; left, while his mind was occupied 
with the exceeding great value of his late acquirements, 
he fliould take the road which led to the lower of Spi- 
rihialpride., inftead of that which descended into the 
valley o{ Humiliation^ through which lay the only way 
to the Cdejlial Ciiy. 

So I law that, being heedful to his fteps, as they 
admonifhed him to be, he went down the hill without 
making any flip, which might have given the foul fiend 
Apollyon an advantage over him ; and as he went along, 
in talk with his companions, they warned hirn to be con- 
tinually careful left he fhould be again deceived by any 
of ihofe who affumed their name or likenels, for the 
purpofe of leading pilgnms aftray. " For," fa id they, 
« there are many other impoftors, befides thofe you 

have 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, sr 

have already feen, who have recourfe to that artifice, 
and thereby miflead the inoft zealous of our pupils." 

*« I flatter myfelfs" faid Good-intent, 'Mhai I have 
now lived too long in your houfe, and have acquainted 
myfelf top perfedly with your features, to be hencefor- 
ward Irable to any impofitions pf that nature," 

" Be not too confident," faid Prudence ; " for, if 
^ Safanh'imkU be fometimes transformed into an angel 
pf light,' it is therefore no great thing if his minifters 
be alfo transformed zs the iliinifters of righteoufnefs/* 

« But can you not give me fome certain rule," faij 
he, *•' whereby I may be enabled to deted fuch deceiw 
ers r 

« There is no rule," faid Prudcice^ <* by which we 
may at all times be more certainly diftinguiflied from 
thofe who would pafs forus,than by the harmony^which 
conftantly ar>d indiiTolubiy fubfifls between us. Each 
of us has feparately many counterfeits ; but, while we 
pnifbrmly agree together in one mind, thofe counter- 
feits are ever at variance .vath each other. Thus, for 
example, my name and office are fometimes affuraed by 
Avarice, and fometimes by Simulation; but Avarice 
betrays herfelf by the haired which (he cannot conceal 
againft my filler Charity^ from wborn fhe flies as from a 
robber who would fpoil her of her goods ; while Simu- 
lation may be known hy her refulal ip lillen to the voice 
of Piety, who vainly attempts to recall her from th« 
crooked path'?, in which flje leads her followers to their 
deIlru6tion." 

" You may alfo find me perfonated in the world," 
faid Charity, " by two no lefs dangerous deceivers, 
Ojhntation and Prof yf on, both deijrc ro be taken for 
me ; but Prcfufion openly exprefles her contempt of 
(Prudence ; and OJlentaticn, defirous only to be feen by 
men, has no fellov^fliip w'nhPieiy, who would teach her 
to approve herlelf to God." 

*' And in like manner," faid Piety^ is ray charafler 
often ufurped by Ilypoct ify, who can imitate my voice, 
and the fafliion of my garments ; but urge her to prove 
by any a6lion her kindred v.'iih Charity^ and flie will 

N Hand 



58 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

Hand felf-delecled before you ; whilft if you meet Fd. 
^fl^jVi/w affumingmy likenefs, and addrefs her in the 
name of Prudence, {he will arrogantly profefs unto you 
that fhe never knew her. Remember, therefore, that 
we always are confifleniwith ourfelves,wifh each other, 
and with the immutable law of our King ; and that, 
wberefoever you find inconfiftency,you have good rea- 
fon to conclude that no Chrijiidn- virtue truly dwells." 
So, after feme more profitable difcourfe, I faw in my 
d I earn, that Prudence^ Piety, ahd Charity, thought it 
time to return to their oWn dwelling ; fo they bade the 
pilgriift farewell, and ht tii^ent forwards on his way, thro' 
the midft of the valley of Huiniliation.^ in which, as I 
judged from his countenance, he took great delight. 
And i obferved that it bore no refemblance to the val- 
ley of Equality, though it feemed to b€ on the fame lev- 
el ; for the valley of Equality, was full of dangerous 
pitfalls, was vifited by continual ftorms, arid was flrewed 
with the bones of thofe who in former ages had perifh- 
ed therein ; whereas this of Humiliation w^ls fafe and 
pleafant to all pilgrims,who knew rightly how to d6fcend 
the hill which led to it ; and the fweet air's of heaven 
did perpetually vifit it, and refrefli with their kind influ- 
ence, the fpirits of thofe who were pafiing through it. 

Only I fa;w that when Good-inient had reached the 
loweft part of it, he was fomewhat troubled, by luddenly 
hearirig On each fide voicCs,which pronounced his namd, 
and derided his labours : fo he looked to fee who were 
the mockers, of whofe vain mirth he was thus the fub. 
jeft ; and behold ! on the right hand, on a rifing ground, 
which o'^err^oked his paih, he defcricd fome of thofe 
who had followed the train of the Lady EaJ/non, and 
among them ^ 'his former Companion Light-inind, with 
Laughter and Folly ; and on the left hand, on afimilat 
height, fome of Mr. Philofophy's troop, among whom 
he diftinguiihed his ancient enemy. Ridicule by name : 
and ihefc two parties, though on other points they 
agreed not, yet happenitig at the fame time, from their 
refpeflive paths, to obtain a fight of the pilgrim, and 
being equally offended that he had refufed to quit hi'S 

road 



PILGRIM GOOD.INTLN'T, 99 

road for theirs, they vied with each other in thus laugh- 
ing him to fcorn. For a few momentSj Good-intent 
was vexed at their idle feoffs ; but foon recoUefting 
that they might more juftly be the objeft of his com- 
paffion, than he of their raillery, he walked on his way 
Vk'ithout regarding them, and was foon out of their fight. 
But by degrees his road became more gloomy, as 
he drew near to that horrible valley, the valley of the 
Shadow of Death. When he firll defcried, though yet 
at a diftance, the fmoke of the pit, his heart funk with- 
in him ; and when he becanie fible to diftinguifh the 
groans and fearful cries of thofe who dwelt therein, he 
trembled exceedingly, and was ready to turri back thro* 
fear; but remembering thai he rniift necefTarily pafs 
through thai valley and Shadow of Death, before he 
could hope to arrive at the Celejiial City, his courage 
revived, and he felt himfelf able to encounter every ter- 
ror, thro' Him who ftrengtheneth his fainting fervants. 
So he quickened his pace, and foon entering the 
valley, he proceeded along the narrow path, on the 
one fide of which the ditch lieth, and on the other the 
quagmire. And now I beheld that his ftrength was 
brought very low, and that the dragons of t'pe deep, 
exulting in his weaknefs, rufhed forth upon him, and 
fought by violence to prevail againft him ; but he cover- 
ed himfelf with the fhield of Faith, v/hich had b>en giv- 
en hnto him out of the armoury of his King, and did 
alfofora while make a manful ufe of his fwdrd, thef 
edge cif which they durft not encounter, ^ut in 4 
(liort time, the noifome air which furrounded him, and 
of which'itfs the ordinary nature to mingle itfelf with 
every latent poifon which lurks in the blood of thofe 
who breathe it, had fo pernicious an effe6l on him, 
that it caufed the ftings of thofe venomous creatures, 
which had faftened on tiim in the palace of Mr. Philofo- 
phy, to cnflame afrefh ; and tho' he had fuppofed them 
long fince healed, yet he now felt them more painful 
than even at the moment when he had firft received 
them. A mill foon fpread iifelf before his eyes, fo 
thai he could not difccrn the way before him; and by 

degrees 



TOO THE PROGRESS OF THE 

degrees his arm fA^elled, and loft its ftrength ; infomuch 
that, itnrable to fuppdrt the weight of his fliield, he 
couM fio longer cover himfelf with it, but was obliged 
to drag it beliind him, as^ an ofelefs burden, upon the 
ground. ' The fiends, v.)h6'bpf6re had retreated, when 
ihey fpied their advantage, clofed with him ; and, while 
fome graf'ped his fhield, expeOing to be able quickl/ 
to wrench it from him, others from behind, the more 
to diftraft him, did whifper in his ear all the blafphemies 
which he had formerly heard uttered by Mr. Philofophy 
and his retainers. ' ? 

But while I was looking every rtjoment for his over- 
throw, behold ! he fuddeniy fecollefted how, when his 
ftrefaiher Chriftian had (he farhe enemies to contend 
"Wiihal, and had been even fo far reduced as to miftakd 
their w hi fpe rings' for the evil imaginations of his own 
Bearf, he had recoiirfe io another weapon called All- 
pray ir,'znd had been delivered. Then Good-imcnt 
immediately availed himfelf of that example ; and as 
he cried ivith great fervency \intb Him, to whom the 
fjrince of the power of the air,- With all his hoft of evil 
cnes, is RibjeB, his advcrfaries were compelled to give 
backhand from ia bright cloud which paffed over his 
head, a fewdrOps of cryfial dew were fprinkledonhim, 
*;?hich, partaking of the natufe of the waters of the wcU 
of Triiih, did forthwith remove the intolerable anguifli 
cf the ftirjgs and reflortf to his arm its former ftrength ; 
lb that he becam.e able; as at the firft, to raife the fhield 
of Fdiih, Securi^ beneath its ample orbj he walked 
bnwards rejbieihg; and even the fmoke and ftench of 
^hc pit hsd tid Ibngbr power to ahnOy him, neither did 
'^hy;bf the di-agons and hobgoblins thereof dare any 
inbre to approach him. • And I Taw that he went oiii 
with equal fafety through that other part of the valley, 
which is full of fnares and pit(alls; remembering the 
c'ounfels of Prudcncf., who had inftruBed him that he 
who walkeih uprightly walketh furely. 

So at laft he came to the cave, in which the two giants 
Pagan and pj^^ had formerly dwelt, to the great mol- 
€ft5it>oh 0f the pilgrims who travelled that way ; but 

when 



PILGRIM Caon-IHTENT. iOl 

when Cliriftian had paffcd by, he had found Pa^(}n 
dead, and Pope decrepid with age. Good-intent, re« 
tnembeiing this, had not expeded to find there anjr 
enemy, who fliould have power to offer him offence ; 
but behold ! he now defcried in the mouth of the cave 
a Chird giant, more horrible thuii the fonrser iv/o, who 
was zdMtd Infidel ; and, jufl as the pilgrim came up» 
this miftreant had thrown a dart at ihe old and feeble 
Pope^ who, unable to defend himfclf againft his young 
and vigorous foe, had fallen down, to all appearance 
(lain; yct^ as Good-intent drew nearer, he -could diP* 
cern that there were ftill in him fome faint figns of life ; 
infomuch, that it appeared uncertain whether the wound 
were mortal. . . 

■ Infidel, however, proqd of his tr^^y viBory, fumed (o 
the remains of Pagan, whofe carcafs now, thro' length 
of lime, was reduced altogether to a fivcleton. Never^ 
thelefs, the grim giant raifed it from the ground, and 
employed one named Allegory to cafl aroui;d itanem^ 
broidered veft, that fo its ghaRlinefs and deformity 
rpight be concealed; and this he did, with the intent to 
c-^il that flefhlefs and fpiritlefs body by the name of 
MylhologicaVmsdoTi'Si and to force all fuch as became 
his captives in battle to fall down and worfliip it. Now 
the embroidered veil had been wov-en hy the nupiis of 
Mr. Philofbphy. ^ ' - ; ^ -: 

The ground before the mouth of the cave was already 
flrewn with the dead bodies of th6 pilgrims, whom this 
third and moft cruel giant had {jain, becaufe of their 
adherence to the way in which their fathers had walks' 
cd ; and when he faw GoojJ-intent pavling by, he feized 
his darts, dipped in deadly poi Ton, and call one of them 
at him ; but the youth feared him not, becaufe he knew 
himfelf to be clad in armour of proof ; fo he cohered 
himfelf with his fhield, and the dart fell harmlefs or 
the ground. 

Then Infidel raged, and fpake many words of re^ 
proach and blafphemy ; and iffuing forth from the cave, 
he rufhed upon the pilgrim, with his mace of Violence^ 
cxpetling, alTuredly, to have .Qainhim outright; bur, 

behold! 



105 Tn£ PROGRESS OF THE 

behold! a fudden and mighty whirlwind arofe, before 
the force of which the giant was fcarcely able to ftand ; 
iand while he reached forih his hands to catch at any 
thing which might fave him'fronn falling, his weapon, 
tvbich he no longer firmly 'grafped, was caught by tl^e 
temped, and blown away quite out of his fjght. So he 
^tood for a moment difmayed ; and when his pride re- 
turned to him, and he would have fought other weapons 
for the aflault, he perceived that the pilgrim had al- 
ready paffed loo far on his way to be Overtaken by him. 
Then he returne<| to his cave, difappointed of his prey ; 
and Good-intent proceeded on his journey!, full of 
thankfulnefs for the fignal deliverarice which had beeil 
afforded him. .:>:-' , : - . . .....s 

' So I beheld, that he went on, till he came to a bil|, 
from which he had a view of the town of Vanity, arid 
perceived that he drew very nigh unto it. Now, while 
he ftood ftill for a moment, to look about him, he was 
accofted by a very fair fpoken gentleman, who made" 
him many profeflions of extraordinary kirtdnefs. «• And 
jfince," faid the ftranger, *« you. Sir, appear to be trav- 
elling, as well asmyfelf, to the town which lies yonder 
before us, we will, if you pleafe, walk forward to^ethef." 
' " I thank you for your offer, Sir," faid Good intent j 
*' are you, 1 pray, a native of the town towards which 
we are going?" ' 

*'' '* YoQ mud pardon me. Sir," returned his new com^ 
paniorh, <* if I queftion the propriety and the reafon- 
ablenefs of your inquiry. It ought to be enough for 
tis to know that we are inhabitants of the fame planet • 
for fmce-the divifions of empires and the boundaries of 
provinces ate arbitrarily im'poied, and continually fub- 
jeO: to be changedj by the ever- varying caprice of man, 
of what avail can it be to any individual to afli in what 
village, or even in what hemifphere, himfelf or his fel- 
low firft chanced to draw breath ? Are we not aH 
equallv citizens of that great city, the world ?" 

" You addrefs me, Sir," faid Good intent, «' with the 
air'of one who imagines he communicates an import- 
ant difcovery, fir II made by his own fuperior wifdom. 
'• - ■ ' ■ ■ ■ Yet ■ 



, I'lLGRIM GOOD-nJTENT. 103 

Yet the very doubt which yoii exprefs of the reafonable* 
nefs of my queftion affords me a fuffieient proof that 
you have never yourfelf confidered how much it may 
imply. By inquiring of what country you were a na- 
tive, I meant not to afli for geographical definitions; but 
I expefted to learn by your anfwer whether you be- 
longed to a civilized or a barbarous community j whe- 
ther I might hope to find your opinions, religious and 
political, agreeing with thofe in which I myfelf was 
educated ? And though, had I found you a native of 
realms the moil remote from mine, I fliould ftill have 
felt myfelf bounden to you by that tie of univerfal love, 
which our great Mafter is willing fhould fubfift between 
all his creatures ; yet I fhould with pleafure have avow- 
ed a nearer connexion wiih you, had you declared 
yourfelf a member. of fome nation united with my own, 
by any obligations of ancient amity, or any now exift- 
ing league of mutual advantage; and had I difcovered 
in you a fellowscountryman, I fhould flill more gladly 
have greeted you, and fliould have rejoiced to have 
had for my companion, in this my pilgrimage to the 
regions of eternity, one who had a common iniereft with 
myfelf in every thing which in the prefent world I hold 
moft dear." 

Then the flranger, whofe name was Mr. Cosmopolitan^ 
mocked at the words of Good-intent, and ufed many 
arguments to convince him of his folly in preferring 
his own country to the other regions of the worl(f ; 
ffceing that it was formed but of earth and water, as 
ihey were, and tvas inferior to liiany among them in 
pleafaninefs and fertility. 

<« Were it even lefs pleafant and lefs fertile than you 
repreferil it," faid Good-intent^ « I ain willing to hope 
that my attachment to it Would not be on that account 
the weaker. 'VVhereforfc do not all men covet alike to 
dwell in thofe few and narrow diftrifts of our world, 
where the fezifons are moft temperate, and where the 
choicefl of the fruits of the earth rife fpontaneoufly to 
perfection ? And wherefore, from this caufe, does not 
univerfal warfare coniinually fubfift amdng us? Where- 

iorcj 



i04 tilt PROGRESS OF THE 

fore, but becaufe Providence hasgracioufly implanted 
in ihe breaft of every individual, not corrupted by vairt 
fophiftry, thai attachment to the foil which gave him 
binh, which renders him conienied v/iih the lot which 
has faUen to him, and induces him to confider even 
the barren rock as a goodly heritage, if he can dwell 
thereon with thofe of his ov/n kindred, and of his fa- 
ther's hpu{e." , .. . ' I : ^ - ..■■ .. • ' ■■ 

" By what I perceivej" faid Mr. CosmopoUiani "you 
prefer the direQion of inftin6l to that of reafon. You 
will not, however, I hope, be fo itiisjudging as to refufe, 
for the fake of a few old fafhioned prejudices, to fee k 
in the town of Vanityt whither we are going, for ihc 
mod agreeable lodgings ; and in this queft you cannoi 
do better than to take me for your guide ; for I have 
friends in every ftreet of the fair ; 4nd while I wander, 
without any illiberal preference, from one to the oiher^ 
I am fure to find myielf equally welcome to all." 

« You make me fair promifes, Sir," faid Goqd- 
intent ; '• but in truih I have already determined where 
I fhall lodge : even where my anceftors have been hof-. 
piiably entertained before me ; where I know thai the 
jaws of my Piince are more refpefted than in any other 
quarter of the town ; where his ftatuies are preferved 
in their greateft purity ; and where the moft vifible 
marks of his favour have for ages been bellowed. If 
ail places are as indiHerent to you as you aflert them id 
i)e, you will do belter to accompany me to the lodging 
which 1 have chofen, than to wander idly about irt 
fearch of another, without any preference to direct 
your choice.' 

But to this Mr. CoimopoUtan made no reply; fo as 
they were now come to the entrance of the town, they 
parted; and Cood-inieni went to Britain-roxv, where 
he was received and entertained by fome of the defcend- 
ants of him with whom, in fortner ages, Chriftiana, hy 
the recommendation of her guide, Mr. Great-heart, bad 
taken up her abode. But as for Mr. Cosmopolitan, he 
wandered about from one ftreet to another, not occupy- 
ing himfelf with aqy buGnefs, and meeting with none 

who 



t»lLGRIM QOOb-tNTENT, 105 

w'no cared to hold any conyerfe with him ; till at lad 
ihe men of the fair, fufpefiing that he was come aa^ong 
them with fome mifchievous defign, had him taken up, 
and would have fent him to prifon as a vagrant, had he 
jiot confefled that he belonged to /^rtncArory : fo ihiihec 
ihey fent him, and there he was glad to remain. 

Now 1 faw in my dream, that Good-intent found it 
JO be the pjeafure of his King that he fhould make fome 
i!ay in this town of Vanity ; to the end that ihrougli 
the continual opportunities which would here occur i» 
bim, of refifting evil and overcome the wicked one, he 
might perfefl himfclf in that true righteoufnsfs and ho- 
Jinefs, without which it was riot pofiible he fiiouid be ad- 
f^itted into the prefence of his Lord. And here did 
he. daily experience the benefit of the lefTons which he 
Jiad received from Mr. Interpreter, and from the dam- 
Sq\&qI \hzhon{Q Be auiiful : for, as the Governor of 
this town is the prince Beelzebub, the great enemy of 
Pilgrims, fo are there continually affembled here all 
things, great and fmall, which may prove temptations 
to feduce them out of the way wherein tbey hitherto 
have walked, and finally to difappoint them of the he- 
ritage which they have travelled fo far in the hope to 
obtain. "VVlv?refyre, though Good-intent would gladly 
have hadened forward towards the end of bis journey, 
yet did he fubmit to his Lord's will, as it behoved him, 
and only fought how be might employ himfelf during 
his appointed time, in the manrier raoit fuiiable for one 
whofe profeffion was pilgrimage. 

Now the town was at that time in a notable confufion ; 
infomuch that the tumult which had prevailed in it 
when Chriftian and Faithful had paCTed that way, was 
as nothing in comparifon with the prcfent commotion. 
Tor the whole army fent forth by is4r. Philofophy, and 
led on by Jacobiniftn^ its chief, had entered it from the 
mountain of Revolutiomnd the valley of Equality ; and 
lliough moil of the men 6f the fair had received, with 
operj arms, thefe terrible invader?, yet had not iheir 
friendly dealing fecured them from the ruin and defo- 
iAtion which wcreTpread by the Blood menf v^herever 



106 ._ THE PROGRESS, OF THE 

they turned their courfe. The firft. occafion they foun!^ 
of quarrel with the townfmen was concerning the fa(hior» 
of their houles, v.hich they required them lo puil down^ 
and buiid up again on a new model ; taking for the 
lower wall the tiles which now covered the roofs, and 
laying the hcaviefl of the prefent foundation-ftones on 
the top of all. Thofe who confenied to this propofal, 
viCTC for the moft part buried in the ruins which enfu- 
cd; and thofe who declined it, however civill)?, were 
i^affacred without mercy. Neither did the Prince 
Beelzebub take any CompafTion on the miferies of his 
fubjeOs; for he well knew that the extenfion of his em- 
pire was the ultimate end of the labours of Mr. Philo- 
fophy ; with whofe attachment to his interefts he had 
long been acquainted, and whom he was therefore well 
fatisficd to appoint his vicegerent Upon earth. 

Now I faw that Jacohini/m, the General, had eftab- 
lifhed his head quarters m (he great and wide ftreet 
which was called French-row, whither he had been par- 
ticularly invited by certain of the inhabitants, with 
whom he had been long in correfpohdence ; and he 
had diflribuied his troops in the lanes and alleys imme- 
diately adjoining. They next took pofTeflion oi Dutch- 
row, and, aftef that, of many of the other principal 
lireets : feme of the towhfmeh yielding to them with-^ 
out oppofition, by reafon of ihe terror which was fpread 
by their approach; and others, who imagined them* 
felves lafe becaufe they dwelt at a greater diftance, 
omitting to take fuch reafonable precautions as might 
probably have fecured them. 

Yet, amid ft all the ravages of the Blood-men, the ufu- 
al traffic of she fair was in no degree interrupted. The 
kind of merchahdife indeed was changed, moft of the 
commodities which had formerly been in requeft there 
being totally deftroyed, together with the fhops in 
which they had been expofed for fale ; but new mer- 
chants arrived, who opened new fliops, plentifully 
flecked with ware§ of another faftiion, for which they 
had quickly more cuftom than ever their predeceflbrs 
had been able to obtain. Yer ftill there was nothing 

either 



pixhzx bought or fold in the town but Vanity ; and, in 
my judgment, the new fiiapes into which it was manu- 
fadured were not a whit better than (he old. 

Of all who were attacked by the invaders, ihofe on- ' 
\y of the ftreet in which Good-intent had taken up his 
lodging, made any effeftual refiftance. As foon a? 
they heard of their approach, they erefted barriers, and 
irtationed guards to defend them; and when they found 
that French-row was become the chief, ftrong hold of 
the enemy, they demolifhed a bridge, which had formr 
ed the communication between that quarter of the towri 
and their own, and fortified the banks of the river over 
which it had been thrown, fo ftrongly, that even the 
Blood-men themfelves, though they continually threat? 
ened it, durft not attempt the paTfage. Moreover, many 
of the moft daring of the men of Britain-row would 
often adventure themfelves in boats acrofs the river, 
and attack the advanced guards of the foe : and fo fuc- 
cefsful were they in this kind of warfare, that their 
name becarne terrible abroad, and their riches were in, 
cfeafedjjy the fpoils of their enemies. 

Neverthelefs, I faw with furprife, that even in Bri- 
tain-row there were fome who had privately entered 
into' correfpondence with Mr. Philofophy; who had . 
accepted, as a gift, his magical glajOTes, and who waited 
only for a fit opportiinity to betray their comrades unto 
Jacchinifm\ the captain of the hoil. But I truft that , 
the Cdejlial King, whofe fubjeBs all the better for^; 1 
^ among them do warmly profefs themfelves, and who 
has already offered ihern, on feveral occafions, mofl . 
gracious and feafonabie affiftance, will continue to 
vouchfafe unto them his proteftion ; that fo they may 
be delivered out of the dangers which thus clofe them 
ini on every fide ; and that, afcribirig their fafety not to 
iheir own llrength, but to his favour, they may apply 
themfelves more hearfily than they ever hitherto have 
done to root out all iniquity from among them, and to 
purify themfelves unto him as a peculiar people, zeal- 
ous of good works. 

While Good-inient continued with them; it appear- 
" • e4 



ie$ THE ?R0GR]^5S QF THE 

cd to him that he could in nobeuer manncir fignaliaa 
his zeal for his King, than by affiiting ihcm to repel 
thofe who were at once his enemies and theirs» He 
accordingly bore tirms among them in maay dcfperate 
baitles, in which he difplayed no lefs valour than his 
great grand-fai her Mauhew. had fhcwn, when he ha4 
lallied forth u'i,h Mr. Greai-heart and the rcil, to aiiacli 
the beaft, which, ia their' timej hdd commitied fuch 
havock in the town, And as, in thefe encounieis, it 
vas his fortune to efcape all dfiRgerous woundsj fo alfo 
did he avoid falling into any of the i-nares, which were 
]aid for him by iboie more dsr^geroijs deceivers^, who 
are every where, but more efpccially in this place, ly« 
ing in wait for pilgrims: infomuch that be would nei- 
ther liften to the (cmiRar-Jes fent fonh by Mr. Philofo- 
phy; nor to the Vws, who walked fo the iraiii of the 
Lady i''£/72/£?a ; nor to any of the impoitors, a^jainli 
whom he had been vn^aTiied by the, virgins Ficty^ Frui 
dence, diwd Chgrkji ;. n^iih.er could he be perfu^ded to 
purchafe any of the commodities of the place ; which, 
no man can pG{ref> unlefs he confent to do Komage for, 
them unto Beelzebub, the pjtince a4nd raafter of tb^ fair. 
At laft the lime, arrived, when it was permitted him.. 
tQ tet forwards on his jourRcy ; fo, haviag taken leave 
of the friendsj with, w]ioi¥i he" had- fojo.urned, he pro- 
ceeded on his. uay, and foon came to the h'lW Lucre, 
where one Self-inUrefi fat, in the plaice of JDcmas, to. 
tefmp't pafrengers to dig therein for forbidden ireafure; 
bat Good-intent,paid no attention tu his words.' remem- 
bering the miferable faie of thofe who had perilhed in 
the rilvcr mine, in the dayS' of Chridian ; and paffing 
on, he next reached the pleafant {Iream,; tbe waters of 
vhich were fo rcfrt&ing to v;eary pilgrims ; the (hade 
alfo of the fruitful trees, whicH were planted on it^ 
banks, vjzs very delightful unto him ; and. he was for-, 
ry when he found himfelf (.bliged to qiiit tiiofe fields, 
ahd to proceed along a very riiggcd road,> un^il he came 
lo the ilile which led into Eyerpath meadow. 

He was careful r^ct to turn afide to go over it; but 
looking towards Douhiivg caflle^ which he cxpeQed to 

ftnd 



find in ruins, be w&s furprifed, and withal grieved,, lo 
ice it rebuilt, and garrifoned by a company of Mr. Pbi^ 
lofuphy^ men, v^bo had feized ii as a cijadel, v*/her.ce 
they niighi ihe more conveniently annoy ihe fhephcrdft 
of the DcUUdbk Mountains ; whom they bate^ with p<s* , 
culiar u^ahce, becaulq ih^y wciq- ilie. cl>pfcB f^rvamf 
oi ihQ Celejlial King. < ~ ^ '■ 

As Good-intent pafTed along, a few darts vere f^ioi- 
at him from the calUe walls; but when they that '^vcre 
within faw that he received ihern on the^ fiiieid of Saithi^^ 
they were avFaxe thai' no power was given yr^to ihi^m a^ 
hanis bim 3 fo he wctu on, wiihcjiu further moleil^'/ipri,- 
arvd (oon after arrived at the fo0t of the 'l)e.le.c\,dkU MoMiir 
tain. Buc he was much agballviope'r^eive; what ^i^aiv- 
ful ravages the army of ^.?C(!^f7??j^» bi;dinade in the 
outPivirts of l;he pleafani l^iid; and lie chletved that one 
of the hills was ftrewed with the dea^ bodieji of the 
fhepherds, who had been ufep ihers to paftur^ thei^ 
flocks, whik the Gieep were f^a:tcr§d as a.^rcy iq Va.v- 
cning wolves^ •: iu . . / " : •- . 

Hjs road, hQwever^ leading him a dii(Ferent v^ay, ho 
foon came tq the gre.en an<l cultivated mountain, oa 
which abode the four fliepherds, JCnawledge^ Exptri- 
encci WaUh-fuly ^n4 Sincere ; wbo, ilill dwelling in ihb 
fanae peace ■ ar^dfeciirity qs in fornier times, received 
and greeted him kindly J and as it was laie, he gladly 
accepted the Iqdging they offered him. I-o the morn- 
ing he told them all that had hitherto befallen him on 
his journey, and inquired of them: concerning the re> 
inainder of his way, in which they beft knew how to 
direQ: him. 

Thqn I fav/ in my dream, tba', before they would 
fuffer him to depart, they w^vg deiirous to ihew him 
fome of the rare things which were to be ^ecninthofe 
iTiountains : (o they led him to mount Caution, mount- 
Marvel, mount /w??oce«C(r, and fundry of the otherplai- 
ces, whiihcr they had formerly conduQed Ghriftian 
and Chriftiana : after which, as, while they walked, 
they had been talking of the eneipies who now threat* 
^^>ed de.flruiUoo: iQ alUbe faithful fe,rvapia.of the Kir^V 



no THE PROGRESS OF THE 

to whom thofe nnoiintains belonged as his peculi^y 
inheritance, the Ihepherds hid unto the pilgrini, 
" Though we know Gurfeivcs to be, above all others^ 
jhe objeSs of the fury of thdfc mifcreants, yet do we 
entertain no fear of their prevailing againft us. We 
are, indeedj as yoa fee by Dtir profeffion, peaceable 
men, unpraflifed in the ufe of fuch weapons as they 
wield againd us ; but the King, who is our mafter and 
yours, has erected for our defence a ft rong tower, 
which is built on. the highefl: of our inountains, and 
C(jimraan<is all the counuy round; and as it is plenti- 
fully fupplied with all manner of warlike iloresj 
and garriibned- befides with the King's beft troops, 
our enemies, however they may boaft at a diftancCj dare 
not fliew ihemfclves in a battle array within arrow fliot 
oi us walls, and we therefore dwell in fecurity under 
its-proteQ:ion : neither have we yet fuftained any inju- 
ry from them, fave the lofs of a few of our hirelings; 
■who.difregarding our cautions, have ftrayed too far fronti 
the tower, and whofe flieep, being, through their ne- 
glefl, at liberty to wander from thfeir folds, have been 
iuiferably devoured by ihofe grievous wqjves, which, 
at unawares, do from time to time creep in among us." 

^' But who, then, were thofe Ihepherds," faid Good, 
intent, '< whofe dwellings I beheld, as I came alongj 
io miferably deftroycd, while their own dead bodies^ 
mingled wtth the carcaffes of their fneep, lay ftrewed 
in heaps on the ground ?" 

" Thofe were men,'' faid Experience, '• who former- 
ly were our comra-des ; but who had long fince quitted 
the paftures in which our mailer commanded them to 
iced his fheep, iand built foi ihemfelves other folds, 
and other habitations, on ihe hill of £rror. For a 
tmie, indeed, they ufurped authority over us ; and we 
were weak enough to forfake our own dwellings at their 
bidding, and to fuifer fhem to lead aflray the flocks 
which were committed to oiir care, even as they had 
led their own ; but one of our number, who was called 
lieJormatioUf happening to light on the ftatute book of 
Ogr King^ which had long been bidden under a heap 
' " . of 



-- PILGRIM GOOn-IiVTENT, lit 

of rubbifli, came to the knowledge of the fault we had 
jnconfiderately committed, and brought us back, 
with as many sa were willing to follow. him, to thefc 
Delegable Mountains, on which our King himfelf had 
originally eftabiifhed us, and where we have ever fince 
dwelt in fafeiy under His mighty prote6lion; while 
thofe from whom we feparated ourfelves have perifhed 
by the hands of the Blood.men, in the miferable maa- 
ner you have feen. We have heartily pitied iheir mis- 
fortunes, and have affofded what affiftance we could 
to the few, who, efcaping the cruelty of our comn-joa 
enemy, have reforted to us for flielter ; neither have 
we borne in mind the injurious treatment which we 
formerly experienced from them, nor rewarded them 
as they in old time ferved us ; and we hope tliat in 
thus doing, we have fulfilled the commands of our 
great Mafter, who has enjoined us to fliew hofpitality 
to the ftranger, and to do good to thofe who have 
defpitefully ufed us and perfecuted us." 

Then I faw that the fhepherds propofed to conduS 
Good-intent to the tower of which they had fpoken; 
and he gladly followed them thiiher. Now it was call- 
ed the tower of Reveaied-religion, and it flood on the 
moun{3iino![ Evidence. So, when they brought him to 
the place, he exceedingly admired the flrength of its 
walls, and the wonderlul manner of its architecture. 
Then they made him obferve, that though the founda- 
tions were fuch as could on no fide be fhaken, yet the 
whole fuperftruQure of the building was fupported by 
two mighty pillars, each confiiling of one folid piece 
of adamant. One of ihefc, which fronted the country 
through which he had pafied, was called the pillar of 
Hijlory ; and the other, which flood on the fide that 
looked towards the Celejfial City, was called the pillar 
of Prophecy. Each ol ihefe was curioufly engraven 
from the top to the bottom; and the fhepherds having 
defired the pilgrim to examine them attentively, he 
followed their directions, and thereby received much 
edification. 

The infcriptions on the pillar of Hijlory were very 

legible; 



legibfle ; and Gdc^dvihtewt read theredti the ftoi^y cif all 
thofe events which were recorded in ihe book which he 
carrit?d in his boforti, in various ch a j'»«?v?rs, and in ma- 
ny diiierehi languages ; but all agreein;: fogether in the 
faiiic purport. Nay, rome of tbofc jhtcripiiOns, which 
fei but H'ish ^ucftioning dr denying the authority of that 
book, did ftnifli by tecoutlting fuch fa^l^^ .a.s did. the 
inoft clearly cftablilh its authenticity • therciby confirm- 
wp; what it appeared the intention of their writers to 
confute. As this feemed ftrangci to Good-intent, he 
AHied the fhepherds to explain it to him. , 

"Our King has promifed us," ahfwered they, " ihar, 
ahWt heaven and earth endure, this fortrefs fhall never 
be overthrown. Ytt do our enemies fe6d therhfelves 
with the imaginatsoii that they fhall finally be able to 
prevail a'gainft it ; and of late, many of thofe, who have 
been inftrufted in the fchool of Mr. Philofophy, hat^e 
come hiih-er by tiight, while they have fuppofed we 
flept, hoping to efpy fome weak place ifi the walls, or 
at lead to find means to deflroy the beauty and uni- 
formity 6f the building. Some of thefe have attempt- 
ed to efface ihe infcriptions on this pillar, and to write 
On if, in their ftead, fuch others as (liould be mod to 
•the d'i (honor of otir King, and for the furtherance of 
their own wicked defigns; but it is the peculiar nature 
of the adamant of which it is made, that the words of 
iTr'Mh can never be erafed from its furfacc, nor thofe 
bX FalfehooU permarfently engraven thereon : whereforct 
all fuch as have hitherto thus wrought, have derived no 
diher fiuii from their labours, than that of exhibiting, 
to all Who rightly examine the imalice of their own 
heart's, and their inability torefufe their teflimbny to 
the very truihs, the memorial of which they defire the 
moft earrielUy to dedroy. Unconfcious, h(5wever, of 
the feciet power which has thus difappointed ihcir evil 
purpofe?, fhey have departed, boafting as though they 
had obtained fome mighty advantage; but moll of 
them, in their retrea*, have been ftruck by darts, dif- 
charged at them from the garrifon appointed to defend 
the tower, whereby they have been cad down, and 
have no more been able lo dand." After 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 113 

' AFtfr this, the {hepherds led the pilgrim round to 
the pillar of Prophecy, which, they told him, was con- 
fiderably the moll ancient of the two, though it appear. 
ed erefted on the foundation of the other. When firft 
he cad his eyes upon it, he defpaired of being able to 
Comprehend what v/as engraven thereon ; for that pil- 
lar was not, like the former, infcribed with legible cha- 
i-aders, but was covered with ftrange hieroglyphics, and 
the likeneffes of many things which belonged both to 
the heavens above and to the earth beneath. Howev- 
er, when he had confidered it awhile, he plainly per- 
ceived that many of thefe figures were reprefentations 
of (he events which he had (ben recorded on the pillar 
of Hijlory ; and continuing to examine them, with the 
affiftance of the fhepherds, he fbon under{tood the tefti- 
mony which that pillar alfo bore to the life and doc- 
trines of Him, to whom all the prophets gave witnefsj 
from the foundation of the world. He alfo beheld 
there, vifibly dcpiftured, the great revolutions of fuch 
dates and empires, as had, from the earliell ages, been 
employed, though they themfelves knew not of it, as 
inftruments in the hand of the Great King of all the 
univerfe, for the accgmplifhment of fuch things as He 
would have djone on earth. Yet could not Good-in- 
tent trace all the figures with which the pillar o{ Prcphz- 
ty was adorned ; for, from above a certain height, they 
were fo indilHnft, and confufed one with the other, 
that he could not with any certainty difcover what they 
were defigned to reprefent ; and the top of the pillar 
itfelf was entirely veiled from his fight, by a cloud 
which refled on it, and on which he could not fteadily 
fix his eyes, by reafon of iis brightnefs. 

So he inquired of the fhepherds why the upper part 
bf the pillar fliould be covered with fuch figures as 
he found it impcffible to decypher, and its fummit be 
altogether hidden from his view, when all that was en- 
graven on the lower part was become, through their 
affiliance, fo intelligible to him. 

" The reafon of it is," replied they, « that the ima- 
ges of things as y? l not feen, which are ihofe on the 

P upper 



114 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

upper part of the piHar, are encrufted with a thick 
varn-fli, which is purpofely laid over ihertij and with 
which even ihofe which now appear moft plain toyoii^ 
were once overfpread ; but, you may obferve, though 
ho man can at prefent difcern their full form and pros 
portion, yet many of their ftronger lines may be clear, 
iy traced by the eye which fixedly regards them j antt 
more it is not intended that any fliall diftinguifh, till 
the period when one who is called Time^ by whom the 
crull has been already cleared away from the lower 
part of the pillar, fhall in like manner remove it frorrt 
the higher ; and in this work we have reafon to be- 
lieve that he is even now engaged i for we have lately 
been able to difcover the true fhapes of many of the 
figures, which, within the memory of this generation^ 
were no lefs indiftinQ than ihofe beyond thern ftill re. 
main: even of fuch as reprefent to us the diftrefs of 
nations, and perplexity, which are now come ijpon 
the earth. As for the cloud which refls on the fummit 
of the pillar, that muft continue to veil it until thecon- 
furrmation of all things ; when heaven and earth fliatl 
pafs away, and death fiiall be fwallowed qp in vidory. 
And whereas you cannot now ftedfaftly behold it, by 
reafon of its brightnefs, that is becaufe it is illuminated 
by the rays of the glory of the Celejiial City^ to which 
we are now exaftly oppofite. The mifts, which con« 
tinually afcend from the earth, prevent us from diftin- 
guifhing it while we Hand fo low, except by the per- 
fpeQive glafs of Faith, through which we fhewed it to 
Chriftian, and will now afford a view of it to you; but 
at the height to which that pillar afcends, the atmof- 
phere is clear, and admits the paflage of thofe glori* 
ous beams, which, even reflefted by the cloud, your 
mortal fight is too weak to fupport." 

Then Good- intent eagerly afl;ed for that perfpcftive 
glafs, the virtue of which he had long fince heard ; fd 
they brought it to him ; and teaching him to reft it on 
the bafe of the pillar of Prophecy, that it might be kepi 
the more fteady, they bade him look; when, though 
the niiils of the canh did ftili much obfcure his view, 

he 



PILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, lis 

Ibe was able fo far to penetrate thcTD as to difcernjthrough 
the glafs, and darkly, the Heavenly City, with that innu. 
merable company of faints and angels who dwell there- 
in. Then did his heart: burn wi'thin him through ea- 
gcrnefs to be there : while the fear, left he fhould not 
be accounted worthy to become a partaker of fo glori- 
ous an inheritance arifing in his mind, he almoft faint- 
ed with the ftruogle, and his hand could no lunger fup?. 
port the glafs in the requifite direftion. 

But the fhepherds lupported him, and comforted 
him with the examples of many, now inhabuants of 
that blefled city, who, with the fame fear and trem- 
bling which had fallen upon himfelf, had finally work- 
ed out their own falvaiion ; their weaknefs having been 
made ftrong through faith in Him, whofe promifes had 
been the rock of their fure confidence ; and when, by 
fuch difcourfes, they had revived the fpirits of Good- 
intent, they exhorted him to bear continually in mind 
the heavenly things which they had (hewn unto him ; 
and, remembering that all earthly things fhould be 
diflblveti, to confider what manner of perfon he ought 
to be, in all holy converfaiion and godlmefs, through 
the remainder of the pilgrimage, to the end of which 
he was now fail approaching. Then, feeing that he 
was impatient to fet forward, infomuch, that in his ea- 
gernefs to reach the city of his King, he had even loft 
all apprehenfion of that deep and terrible river^ which 
he was firft to crofs, they fufl'ered him to proceed npon 
his journey ; conducing him themfelyes, by the beft 
paths, to the end of their territory. 

Now, 9s thev went along, their ears were fuddenly 
affailed by the fhouts of war ; and Good-intent, look- 
ing on that fide on which he heard the noife, obferved 
a hill, which commanded one of the principal pafles 
of thofe mountains;, on the top of which there ftood a 
fmall fort, very ancient ; and this hill was befet around 
by the forces of all ihcfe who were enemies to the 
King of that country ; in front it was attacked by the 
4rmy oi Blood-men, led on by Jacobinifm, iheir chief 
capain, who brought battering rams and fcaling lad- 
ders 



116 THE PROGRESS OF THE 

ders to take it hy ftorm ; on one fide a troop of the 
followers of FaJJiion a (failed it from a greater diftance; 
\vith miflTile weapons; and on the oiher, Mr. Philofo- 
phy himfelf, at the head of a company of pioneers? 
was at work on a mine, whereby he hoped to fap the 
foundation, and overthrow the walls. Then Good- 
intent inquired of the iliepherds what fort this was, and 
why fo many foes did thus rancoroufly combine to- 
gether againft it. 

" Becaufe," replied Kmwkdge,^^ they are aware, 
that, could ihey once force that pafs, a confiderable 
tra£i of the bed part of our land would lie open to iheir 
iava<ies, and our flieep, hearing no more the voice of 
the fhepherd, would ftray from their folds into the wil- 
dernefs. The hill on which this fort ftands is called 
mount Sabbath ;. SiTid Vie hdive pertain evidence, that 
amidil all the convulfions of nature, it has continued 
iinmoved, in its prefent form, iince the creation of the; 
world. Yet though from the iirft it was conlecrated 
ground, men had forgotten the refpeO; which it behov- 
ed them to pay to it, and had grievouOy defiled it by 
tWeir continual trefpafles; when, confiderably above 
ihree thoufand years ago, the fort, which you now be- 
hold, was ere6ted on it, being built with the fame ftone 
which was ufed in making the tables of the law ; and 
fince that time no enemies have been able to prevail 
againft it. Once, it is true, a former governor of the 
iort prerumptuoLifly raifed other walls, with ftoneshewn 
out of the quarries of Tradition^ and inclofed a much 
wider fpace of ground, encroaching on the property 
of his neighbours ; but our Prince himfelf threw downi 
tbofe walls, and placed in the fort another governors 
whofe office it is to give reit unto the weary, to in- 
ftru^ the ignorant, to exhort the unliable, to afTid the 
devotions of the piou?^, and to ihew mercy and kindnefs, 
not to men only, bat even to beafts. Though, there- 
fore, our adverfaries cannot fiiake the wails which our 
.King has eftablifiied, yet, whenever by their aflaults 
^hey interrupt the exercife of thcfe good work?, they 
^^jevoufly injure the world} and on their heads does 



PILGRIM GOOB-INTEIiT. lit 

jbe evil of their defign finally recoil ; and fuch yoi? 
will perceive lo be, in fome meafure, the event of 
their prcfent attempt, if you obfprve a little longer." 

Then Good-intent fixed his eyes upon the aHailants 
of the fort; and he faw that the troops of ^i7co^mz/;»i 
not being allowed to take that relt of which their ex- 
haulled ftrengih had need, many among them fainted 
and expired ihrough excefs of wearinefs ; and their 
general himfelf was obliged to retire, and feek repnfe 
at the houfe of one Mr. Daade, who had (lolen from 
the governor of the fort thofe refrefhments which he 
offered for the entertainment of his guelt. Mr. Phi- 
iofophy's chief pioneer, whofe name was Expediency, 
not being able to carry on his v/orks vyithout dilturbing 
fome beads of burden, who were lying under the walls 
of the fort to reft themfeives after fix days' labour, an 
ox turned round, and gored him with his hern : fo he 
perifhed ; and the earth falling in upon his compan- 
ions, the mine could not, at that time, be continuedl 
any farther. And as for the votaries of fa//iion, their 
darts were quickly exhaufted : fo they turned their 
tacks at once upon the hill, and upon the Cekjlial 
City, which lay beyond it, and haftened back with mu- 
fic and fevelry to the town of V'aniiy, from whence 
they came ; rejoicing in their idle mirth, that, if they 
could not defiroy the fort, they at leaPt had no longer 
a profpeftof it; and imagining they had procured fov 
themfeives fome excellent advantage, in renouncing 
all fhare in the benefits which the governor thereof 
perpetually extended to thofe who were within his 
reach. 

The enemies on all (ides being thus difperred,Good» 
intent entered the fort, and partook of fuch entertain- 
ment as is conftantly provided there at the appointed 
times for all faithful pilgrims; and having {laid there 
a day to refrefti himfelf, he took a friendly leave of the 
governor, and of the fhepherds (who gave him at part- 
ing their cuftomary cautions,} and delcended into the 
plain which Iie.s on the farther lide of the Delegable 
Mountains ; where he had not v/alked far? before he 

entered 



us . THE PROGRESS OF TliE 

entered the Enchanted Ground : in ihe which, if a man 
deep, he never wakes again. 

The thick and foggy air of that place having contin- 
ually the quality of exciting drowfinefs, Good-intent 
foon began to feel its influence ; but he remembered 
that the (hepherds had exprclsly forbidden him to flcep 
upon that ground ; and t|ierefore, though he faw the 
arbours and benches, whicli the enemy of pilgrims has 
erefted there on every fide to entice iheni to lie down 
and repofe themfeives, he would by no means yield tQ 
the temptation, but went on, though fomewhat with a 
heavier pace : and as he walked, he ftrove to fix his 
thoughts upon the glorious vievv, which he had beheld 
through the glafs of the fli^epherds ; the recolletfion of 
ivhich foon enlivened his dull fpiriis, and filled him 
with an ardour, which neither the mifts, the darknefs, 
nor the miry paths, through which he paffed, had any 
longer power to quench or abate ; and he had now 
reached the middle of the Enchanted Ground^ when the: 
obfcurity of the air wasfuddenly broken by a beam of 
livid light, Which caft a glare on every object, yet feem, 
ed more difmal to the eyes of Good intent than eveq 
iiarknefs itfejf. 

' He now perceived immediately before bim a vaft and 
gloomy edifice, adorned on all fides with fepulchiali 
emblems, wiih ffculls, and bones, and implements of 
death ; a cadaverous ftench proceeded from it, as fronx 
a charnel vault; and earthworms wreathed ^hemfelves 
around the columns of the portico. Over the door, 
in chara£lers of flame (whence proceeded the light 
which had attracted the pilgrim's eye) was written, 
*« Eternal Sleep ;" but on the inner portal he defciied 
the darker infcription, " Annihilatioiu* 

Good. intent ttarted back with horror, fuch as he bad 
never felt before, except in the black temple of Athe. 
ijm ; and while he yet ftood trembling and appalled, a 
company of men approached, having crofiTed over fionx 
another part of the Enchanted Ground ; and. when they 
^ame near, he perceived that they were of the number 
of iMr. Philofophy's difciples. Now they had for their 

guide 



i^ILGRlM GOOD-INTEKT. iii 

guide one whom they had been taught to addrefs by the 
appellation of Hope ; but when Goodsinteht beheld \\\i 
gbaltly vifage, he knew him to be the demon Dcfpair, 
At their approath, (he gates of the edifice were fudden- 
ly thrown open by the grim porter, Death ; and fomd 
of the troop entered with pale countenances and trem- 
bling knees ; the gates fpontaneouily re-clofed behind 
them ; and to the reft, adiniffion would at that time 
have been refufed ; but Self-murder ftepped forward, 
and with a maftcr-key, unlocked a poftern door; they 
rufhed madly in, boafting, vviih loud, though unReady 
clamours, the unconquerable boldnefs of their daring 
minds ; but thefe exulting cries were, even iii the threfh. 
old, converted into the fhrieks of terror, and the gi'oans 
t)f anguilh ; which, however, as the rnen advanced 
farther down the darkfome and irremeable defcent 
iwhich lay before them, died away, and were fucCeeded 
by a filence, as of the graven folemn, profound, and 
dreah 

Defpair then turned to Good-intettt, and invited him 
to enter alfo. '* Until this enlightened age,'* faid he, 
<vthe minds of ignorant and foolifh men were difturb- 
ed, during the whole of their paffage through this world, 
by the thoughts of that fatal river, which was to termi- 
nate their courfe, dnd over which, as it is well known, 
no bridge could ever be built. Wherefore Mr. Philo^ 
fophy, compaffinnating their mifery, has engaged the 
tnighty power of Atheifm, to ereft this vaft dormitory ; 
in v;hich all who put their truft in him are free to feek 
a refuge from the tyranny oi' Super/lit ion ^ arid will fleep 
fecure from all the terrors of Eternity." 

But Good-intent ftaid not to hear him farther, or to 
reply ; the afpe6l of the phantom who addreffed him^ 
had frozen the current of his blood ; but at the name 
of Atheifm, horror itfelf rouzed him from the torpor 
which had feized him ; and, flying from the difmal 
manfion of thofe, whofe hope as well as their end is 
deftruClion, he had no fooner pafled beyond the fhade 
which that building caft around if, than he began to 
defcry, at a diftance, a glimmering of the light of the 

Celejlial 



120 THE PrvOGRESS OF THE 

Cekjlial C'liy ; and at the fame time he heard a voice 
which proclaimed, '» Verily, there is a reward for the 
righteous; doubtlefs there is a God that judgeih the 
earth." 

Infpired with the redoubled confidence, the pilgrim 
haPcened forward ; and the glorious light on which his 
eyes were now fixed, grew brighter, till the perfe6t day 
fliined on him, as he er:tered into the land of Bnilah ; 
that land, unto which no eneniy dares advance ; where 
the fhining inhabitants of the Cekjiial City do continu- 
ally walk, comforting and refrefhing the Ipirits of fuchj 
as, having finifhed their courfe with joyj are ready to 
enter into the falvation of their Lord; and where even 
the perpetual expetlaiion of being called upon tocrofs 
the river of bitter waters, cannot difturb the felicity of 
thofe, who hope through the mercy of their Prince, to 
be admitted into that better and heavenly country 
which lies beyond it. 

Now, I faw in my dream, that Good-intent had not 
ftaid here many days before a meffenger arrived, who 
was commanded to fummon him to appear in the pre- 
fence of his King. When he received the fummons^ 
he rejoiced, though with trembling ; and one named 
Refignation^ conducted him to the brink of the river, 
into which he entered : when, neither did he find the 
biiternefs of the water unpalatable to him, nor did he 
greatly fear, though the waves thereof did rage and 
iwell, and the floods did enter into his foul : for Faith 
fupponed him even in the deepeft part, and guided 
him through the midft in fafeiy : but when he reached 
the oppofi'.e Ihore, Faith difappeared, and Certainty 
received him. 

And now, his mortal garments having fallen off rn the 
river, he was clothed wiih immortality, and appeared as 
one of the fliining ones a band ,of whom came to 
Tiieet him, and to bid him welcome to their abode.—*- 
And they faid unto him, '« Thou haft done well in the 
iighi of thy Lor^j in that thou haft preferred his word 
to all the falle and pernicious dotirines of the wiidom 
of the world thou haft quitted ; iii that thou haft rejeOed 

the 



iPILGRIM GOOD-INTENT, 121, 

the pleafures of fin, which endure but for a feafon, look- 
ing in fincerity unto the Author and finiftier of ihy faith, 
for »he fulfilment of thofe promifes of which thou art 
i>ow become a partaker. Therefore the everlafting 
gates are open to thee, and we are fent to conduft thee 
into the prefence of the King who fiiieth upon the 
throne for ever and ever, by whom thou art accepted 
through the merits of Him, \vho, by the facrifice of him- 
felf once offered, hath purchafed univerfal redemption 
for his faithful people. But, before thou fhak have 
quite loft fight of the fliore which thou haft left behind 
thee, it is permitted thee once to look back, and to be- 
hold what Ihall be the end of thofe, who, difclaiming 
the glorious inheritance of the children of God, have 
rather chofen to lay to corruption, ' Thou art my father,' 
and to the worm, ' Thou art my mother, and my lifter / 
vainly trufting in iheir reprobate minds that ihey (hould 
efcape the wrath to come." 

Upon this, Good-intent looked back; having from 
the high bank on which he ftood, a view of the Enchant- 
ed Ground ; and he heard a great and terrible found, as 
it were of a trumpet ; and immediately the rocks were 
rent, and the foundations of the earth were difclofed. 
Then the dormitory, which Fhilofophy and Athdfm had 
erefted, wasoverihrovvu,and thofe who had llept therein 
were awakened ; and rulhing forth from amid the ruins 
with lamentable cries, they beheld him, whom they had 
pierced, coming in the clouds of heaven, as an avenging 
judge, wiih power and great glory : a flaming fire de- 
voured before him, and the terrors of the Almighty 
fhone round about him. Then did they begin to call 
upon the mountains to fall on them, and on the hills to 
cover them; but, Lo! a thick darknefs arofe between 
them and the pilgrim, and he faw them no more for 
ever. 

Then he turned to afcend the mountain, upon which 
the Ccleflial City was built : his new a^therial frame glow-, 

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122 THE PROGRESS, ^c. 

ing with a tranrporl which his earthly body would have 
been too weak to fupport. Btit the light now llreamed 
on him with a fplendour fo dazzling, that I was nd 
• longer able to fix my eyes upon him : lb, as I turned to 
Shelter my frail mortal lenfe from the effulgence iherel 
of, I awoke — and, behold! it was a dream. - 






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